Sexual abuse and learning disability

Sexual abuse and learning disability.

out that there is ‘no such thing as a typical call about domestic violence’. She describes the nature of the calls as varied as it depends on the stage at which the woman is at in the relationship. Many women could be said to be ‘in denial’ about the experience of being a victim and take a long time to admit to themselves, and to others, that they have been abused or assaulted and that their pa...

Disability and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

Disability and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

Social learning, sexual and physical abuse, and adult crime.

This research examines the relationship between childhood physical and sexual abuse and the types of crimes committed by male adult offenders. We use the method of discriminant prediction to determine whether independent and dependent variables are related in ways that theories predict. Our analyses of data from the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities suggest that off...

Military sexual trauma: violence and sexual abuse.

Military sexual trauma includes sexual assault and sexual harassment in military settings by intimate partners and active duty personnel. Such violence triggers a syndrome of episodic, clustered, psychological and physiological symptoms that may be fatal. Despite its pervasiveness, many clinicians fail to recognize as many as 95% of cases among veterans and active duty personnel. Many victims r...