Citation

Monnier J, Resnick HS, Kilpatrick DG, Seals B, Holmes M. Violence Against Women 2002; 8(5): 585-596.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/107780102400388443

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Intimate partner assault patterns are not well understood in recent rape victims. In an effort to examine these patterns, 47 rape victims seeking care from a forensic medical examination facility were sampled across three assessment points (6 weeks postassault, 3 months postassault, and 6 months postassault). Index rape, prior rape and physical assault, and new rape and physical assault were classified by victims’ relationships to their perpetrators. At the initial medical exam, 17 women had been past victims of domestic violence. Six women were victims of intimate partner violence during the 6 months after the index rape.