Apr 11, 2023 · Sexual assault is a widespread issue in the United States, with nearly 325,000 people experiencing rape or sexual assault in 2021, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Moreover, sexual assault can have lifelong physical, emotional and financial impacts.

Sexual assault investigations may become complicated and labor intensive. Officers involved in sexual assault investigations should have specialized training in modern investigative procedures including the proper method for interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects.

Individual articles present opposing viewpoints regarding whether pornography causes sexual violence, whether rap music promotes sexual violence, whether traditional male and female sex roles promote sexual violence, and rape as a weapon of war.

NIBRS data identify a number of specific sex offenses and classify them as either forcible (rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object, fondling) or nonforcible (in cest, statutory rape) sex offenses.

The Effectiveness of Male Targeted Sexual Assault Prevention Programs: A Meta-Analysis

The focus of this online guide, developed by Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc., is sexual assault victims' right to privacy. It reinforces the importance of keeping information confidential and highlights the power of employing consistent practices to create a culture of respect for victims' privacy. This guide contains general recommendations, addresses …

The SAFER Working Group, which convened over the course of more than two years, consisted of subject matter experts empaneled by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and representing victims, victim advocates, sexual assault nurse examiners, medical examiners, forensic laboratories, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and the judiciary. The working group …

This monograph discusses the prosecution of alcohol-facilitated sexual assault (AFSA), with a focus on cases in which the victim is voluntarily intoxicated prior to the sexual assault.

Sexual assault is a violent crime, motivated by the rapist's desire to degrade and dominate the victim. Precise profiles of victims and rapists can not be constructed, since every person is a potential target of sexual assault, and the rapist does not have characteristics that necessarily distinguish him from nonrapists, although rapists tend to have severe problems in relating to …

A national sample of 2,000 adult Latino women living in high-density Latino neighborhoods participated in this study, entitled Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS), which determined the prevalence of sexual victimization among these women, as well as the overlap of sexual victimization with other types of victimization, along with victims' formal and informal help …