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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
It reports on four categories of sexual assault: forcible rape, forcible sodomy (includes oral and anal), sexual assault with an object (e.g. finger, bottle, handgun, stick, etc.), and forcible fondling. NIBRS definitions of these four forceable sexual assault categories are provided at the end of the paper.
This publication contains stories of children affected by commercial sex trafficking, including how they became involved in the sex trade, how they feel about their lives, what they need, what they fear and hope for.
Although data are limited to incidents reported to correctional authorities during 2004, the survey provides an understanding of how administrators respond to sexual violence. The survey also collects basic counts of substantiated incidents, characteristics of victims and perpetrators, and sanctions imposed."
Abstracts contained in this issue include:
The factsheet has sections covering: prevalence and incidence; risk factors; and consequences including pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, physical injury, emotional trauma, and death.
The factsheet concludes with with examples of a few promising primary prevention programs. Studies referenced were published between 1999-2005.
As abstracted by BJS, it "presents information on the consequences of rape and sexual assault for female victims. The study provides the percentages of completed rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault of females that were reported to the police in 1992-2000. The report provides the percentage of victims that were injured and treated from a completed rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.
The paper discusses "prevention measures that range from a change in the formulation of Rohypnol, which has been misused as a "date rape drug", through to a description of school and community activities concerned with the prevention of violence." [ From tandi157.html]
This report was published by the Australian Institute of Criminology as No. 157 of their paper series "Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice".
This report includes findings from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, with data on the health risk activities of students grade 9-12 in the following categories: tobacco use; unhealthy dietary behaviors; inadequate physical activity; alcohol and drug use; sexual behaviors; and behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence.
Please Note - An erratum has been published for this issue: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5424a6.htm
"The passage of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 signaled a significant change in our Nation's efforts to control and prevent crimes such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Act offers direction for a new collaborative approach among law enforcement, prosecutors, the courts and the judiciary, and the medical and health community, social service agencies, community leaders, and the private sector.
