Citation

Moylan CA, Lindhorst T, Tajima EA. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(4): 516-534.

Affiliation

University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215569607

PMID

25670802

Abstract

Multidisciplinary coordinated Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) are a growing model of providing health, legal, and emotional support services to victims of sexual assault. This article conceptualizes SARTs from an organizational perspective and explores three approaches to researching SARTs that have the potential of increasing our understanding of the benefits and challenges of multidisciplinary service delivery. These approaches attend to several levels of organizational behavior, including the organizational response to external legitimacy pressures, the inter-organizational networks of victim services, and the negotiation of power and disciplinary boundaries. Possible applications to organizational research on SARTs are explored.

Language: en