Providing Context for Social Workers' Response to Sexual Assault Victims
In: Affilia: journal of women and social work, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 90-94
ISSN: 1552-3020
The authors sought to give voice to women victims of sexual assault whose stories otherwise remain muted. The study reported here provided rare insights into victims who sought emergency services at a hospital following a sexual assault. The data (N = 745) were collected by sexual assault nurse examiners in one northeastern state between 1997 and 2007.