Providing Context for Social Workers' Response to Sexual Assault Victims

Academic Article

Abstract

  • 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.
  • Authors

  • Murphy, Sharon B
  • Potter, Sharyn
  • Pierce-Weeks, Jennifer
  • Stapleton, Jane G
  • Wiesen-Martin, Desiree
  • Phillips, Kimberly G
  • Status

    Publication Date

  • February 2011
  • Has Subject Area

    Keywords

  • sexual assault
  • sexual assault nurse examiner
  • trauma
  • Digital Object Identifier (doi)

    Start Page

  • 90
  • End Page

  • 94
  • Volume

  • 26
  • Issue

  • 1