NCJ Number
174157
Date Published
1993
Length
277 pages
Annotation
This is a collection of papers considered at a Training Conference for Law Enforcement Officers and Criminal Justice Investigators, February 22-23, 1993.
Abstract
The collection of more than a dozen articles refers to a variety of topics related to sexual assault and its consequences, including: (1) Criminal Victimization: Lifetime Prevalence, Reporting to Police, and Psychological Impact; (2) Medical Students' Attitudes About Female Rape Victims; (3) The Child Sexual Abuse Victim as an Adult; (4) Psychological Functioning of Child Sexual Assault Survivors; (5) Screening for Lifetime History of Criminal Victimization at Mental Health Intake; (6) Victim and Crime Factors Associated With the Development of Crime-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; (7) Vulnerability-Stress Factors in Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; (8) Stress Inoculation Training Treatment; (9) Prosecuting Sexual Assault: The Use of Expert Testimony on Rape Trauma Syndrome; (10) Child Sexual Assault as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders Among Women; (11) Societal Avoidance of Child Sexual Abuse; and (12) Deciding Whether a Child Has Been Sexually Abused. References, tables, appendixes, notes, figures, index