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Citation |
Yurchesyn KA, Keith A, Renner KE. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1992; 24(1): 71-85. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1992, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Examined data on 1,236 cases responded to during a 5-yr period by a sexual assault service (SSAV) and 116 cases during the same period that appeared before the courts, 58 of them involving abuse of children under 16 yrs old. Large numbers of adult women had been sexually assaulted while persuing normal heterosexual social activities, and children had been abused primarily in their own home by family members. The profiles of victims in the court cases reflected the more traditional views of sexual assault that still appear to hold sway in the legal system. In the courts, adult female victims tended to have been violently assaulted by disturbed men, and child victims tended to be those who were abused outside the family. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Keywords |
Adjudication; Child Abuse; Rape; Sexual Abuse; Social Services; Victimization |