OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to explore the extent of the social gradient for deaths due to assault and its impact on overall inequalities in mortality and to investigate the contribution to assault mortality of knives and other sharp weapons. DESIGN An analysis of death records and contemporaneous population estimates was conducted. SETTING The authors investigated the soci...

Subject: RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND REGULATION OF AMMUNITION The following resolution is presented by Trustee Svonkin: WHEREAS, Gun violence has been escalating for many years, with devastating mass shootings occurring throughout the nation, reaching notoriety at Columbine High School (CO) and Virginia Tech and, more recen...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the occurrence and health consequences of intimate partner sexual assault. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual assault in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Thailand. METHODS In a cross-sectional survey adult female participants were systematically screened (self-administered or interview administered) for...

U.S. Navy recruits (n = 3,776) were surveyed for premilitary histories of adult sexual assault. They completed a survey designed to estimate rates for experiences as victims (women) and perpetrators (men) of attempted and completed rape since the age of 14. The results show that 45.5% of the women reported being the victim of attempted (9.4%) or completed rape (36.1%) before entering the Navy. ...

The impact of victim and offender preassault substance use on the outcomes of sexual assault incidents was analyzed. Nine hundred and seventy female sexual assault victims were identified from the first wave of a longitudinal study based on a convenience sampling strategy. Multivariate models showed that victim injury was more likely in assaults involving offender substance use (regardless of w...

Context he review summarized here provides a global overview of the uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in cases of sexual assault of adolescents and adults. It examines the existing peer-reviewed scholarly and grey literature from industrialized and developing regions. Over 400 items on sexual assault, including books, journal articles, news articles, research reports, annual reports, di...

This note addresses the weaknesses in the Department of Defense (DoD) Care for Victims of Sexual Assault Task Force (CVSATF) Report, released in May 2004. Sound policy and protocol cannot be developed to prevent and to respond to sexual assault in the military if the role of sex offenders is not understood, yet the report excludes information relevant to understanding sex offender behavior and ...

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors An estimated 94% of sexual assaults never come to the attention of the criminal justice system. We examined data from the charts of all 958 individuals who were examined at the Sexual Assault Service between Jan. 1, 1993, and Dec. 31, 1997. This service is operated by the Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia in partnership w...

BACKGROUND We conducted a population-based case-control study to better delineate the relationship between individual alcohol consumption, alcohol outlets in the surrounding environment, and being assaulted with a gun. METHODS An incidence density sampled case-control study was conducted in the entire city of Philadelphia from 2003 to 2006. We enrolled 677 cases that had been shot in an assau...

Research has shown that experiences ofmilitary sexual assault and harassment can have a negative impact on veterans' health and functioning, even years or decades later, thus clearly identifying this as an important area of concern for social workers. In addition to understanding the scope and general impact of military sexual assault and harassment, social workers also must thoroughly understa...