Introduction to Sexual Assault Centres: national model, benefits and statistics

The need for sexual assault centres in the United Kingdom.

I am grateful for help from many people, especially Dr Margaret Agerholm, Heenan House Rehabilitation Centre, London; Dr K Andrews, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester; Miss Valerie Eaton Griffiths, Volunteer Stroke Scheme, Great Missenden; Drs R Langton Hewer and D Wade, Department of Neurology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol; Dr D G Jenkins, Wolfson Medical Rehabilitation U...

Alcohol and sexual assault.

Conservative estimates of sexual assault prevalence suggest that 25 percent of American women have experienced sexual assault, including rape. Approximately one-half of those cases involve alcohol consumption by the perpetrator, victim, or both. Alcohol contributes to sexual assault through multiple pathways, often exacerbating existing risk factors. Beliefs about alcohol's effects on sexual an...

Sexual Assault and Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice Responses to Sexual Assault

A large international literature promotes restorative justice options as satisfying and empowering to crime victims. This paper examines restorative justice for sexual assault from the perspective of three groups of survivors: (a) adults victimized by adult perpetrators; (b) adults or juveniles victimized by juveniles; and (c) adults sexually molested as children by adults. Sexual violence with...

Drug-facilitated sexual assault.