National Symposium on Sexual Assault Panel III: Intervention

• NCJ Number: 114762
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 180 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Forum presented January 24, 1984, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia. In addition to Ms. Peterson and Dr. Resick, seven others presented ideas and participated in the panel discussion, including Patricia Good of the New Mexico Sexual Crimes Prevention and Treatment Program; Connie Noblet, Director of the Victim/Witness Assistance Services Program, Westchester, Pennsylvania; Sheriff Sullivan, Chairman, Arapahoe County (Colorado) Victims' Assistance Task Force, Anne Compton and Ronah Brodkin, Boulder County (Colorado) Crisis Center; Reverend Emily Chandler, Director of Psychiatric Nursing, Boston City Hospital, and Doris Stevens, Associate Director, Social Work Department, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.

Annotation

This transcript details a panel discussion on research carried out to assess a victim's psychological reactions to sexual assault.

Abstract

Many women have reactions to assault that last for long periods of time; these reactions have been characterized as post-traumatic stress syndrome. The panel also discussed the need for state and community support for child sexual assault services, focusing on New Mexico statutes and statewide training for health and law enforcement professionals working in the area of sexual assault and abuse. Several participants reported on the victim/witness assistance programs they direct and identified the preparation of volunteers as a major concern. The panel also discussed the training of hospital emergency staff in crisis intervention, the work of sexual assault centers, and the issues of offender behavior and offender treatment. Individual presentations were followed by a question and answer period.