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Protecting the public from sexual crime: an explanation of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Criminal Justice System
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Sexual Offences Act will came into force in May 2004.The Act is designed to protect everyone in society from sexual crimes – especially people who are particularly vulnerable to abuse, such as children and people with a mental disorder. The Act introduces new measures that will help the public have confidence in the Criminal Justice System and enable us to put victims first. Part 1 of the Act modernises nineteenth century offences and plugs loopholes in the law. Part 2 deals with sex offenders. It strengthens the sex offenders register and introduces new civil orders to help prevent further offences from being committed.
Repeated sexual victimization and mental disorders in women
- Author:
- ARATA Catalina M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 7(3), 1999, pp.1-17.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The relationship between mental disorders and sexual victimisation is well documented in the literature; however, which characteristics of the victimisation experience actually produce this increased risk is not well understood. The present study explored the role of repeated sexual victimisation in producing increased risk for mental disorders, relative to adult-only or child-only sexual victimisation.
“If something happened, I will leave it, let it go and move on”: resiliency and victimized homeless women’s attitudes toward mental health counseling
- Authors:
- HUEY Laura, FTHENOS Georgios, HRYNIEWICZ Danielle
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28(2), 2013, pp.295-319.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study investigated homeless women’s experiences of violent criminal victimisation and their attitudes toward accessing various post-victimisation assistance, in particular, mental health counselling. Participants included 60 women, aged 18 to 70 years, from Detroit and Chicago, United States. Findings revealed the extent to which victimised homeless women exhibited signs of resiliency through both attitudes and coping behaviours. Their expressed attitudes demonstrate the existence of a complex set of relationships between trauma, resiliency, and the desire to access mental health services. Implications for the delivery of mental health services to this group are discussed.
Multiple challenges in services for women experiencing domestic violence
- Author:
- BARRON Jackie
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(1), February 2005, pp.11-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper is based on a survey of service provision for women experiencing domestic violence and who have additional complex mental health or substance abuse needs. Postal questionnaires were sent to domestic violence organisations, community mental health teams, mental health NHS trusts and substance use services. The views of women survivors of domestic violence were also sought. The survey, undertaken by Women's Aid, identifies some shortcomings in existing provision and makes recommendations for future development of services. More refuge provision is needed which can accommodate women with mental health and substance use needs and their children. Mental health professionals and those working in drug and alcohol services also need training in domestic violence to enable them to respond more appropriately to the needs of abused women and work effectively in partnership with refuge organisations.
Beyond PTSD: mental health consequences of violence against women
- Author:
- MECHANIC Mindy B.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19(11), 2004, pp.1283-1289.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article proposes that we move beyond posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in our conceptualization of traumatic stress responses of victimized women exposed to serial forms of unrelenting violence, such as intimate partner violence and stalking. It is argued that the traditional PTSD framework is ill fitting in the context of some forms of violence against women (VAW), and these limits have consequences for developing appropriate interventions for some victimized women. The article further suggests going beyond PTSD by developing a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which PTSD and other mental health symptoms contribute to the vast array of deleterious personal, societal, and economic costs of VAW.
Predictors of physical and emotional health in a sample of abused Australian women
- Authors:
- PARKER Glennys, LEE Christina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(9), September 2002, pp.987-1001.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article investigates the extent to which aspects of abuse and of help seeking were associated with physical and emotional health. A total of 1,168 women aged 48 to 53, identified from the mid-age cohort of the Women's Health Australia longitudinal project as having experienced abuse, completed self-report questionnaires. All predictors indicate that a history of abuse is only one aspect of a woman's life that impacts on her general well-being. Future investigations would benefit from a focus on personal coping characteristics that are predictive of positive outcomes to identify strategies that help women survive abuse experiences.
Normative beliefs regarding the maintenance of intimate relationships among abused and nonabused women
- Author:
- WOODS Stephanie J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14(5), May 1999, pp.479-491.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study examined the normative beliefs regarding how women act in maintaining intimate relationships. results indicated that abused and nonabused women with low self-esteem tended to have higher levels of belief in societal norms and gender specific socialisations regarding how women should maintain relationships. Abused women exhibited significantly higher levels of externalised self-perception, self-sacrifice, silence and disconnection in intimate relationships when compared to nonabused women.
Perspectives on violence
- Editor:
- STANKO Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Quartet Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 211p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains papers on: violence and society; men, masculinity and violence against women; state violence; racism; the link between alcohol and crime; newspaper reporting of violence; violence and the role of machismo; prison violence; working with victims; probation; anger control groupwork in prison; management of dissent in prison; and violence and people with mental health problems in prison.
Childhood and adult abuse among women in primary health care: effects on mental health
- Authors:
- CARLSON Bonnie E., McNUTT Louise-Anne, CHOI Deborah Y.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(8), August 2003, pp.924-941.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The study looked at 557 women participating in an evaluation of a domestic violence screening intervention in a primary care setting. Depression and anxiety were investigated in relation to seven types of child and adult intimate partner abuse. At the bivariate level, both physical and sexual child abuse were associated with significantly increased risk for all five types of adult abuse as well as depression and anxiety. Multivariate analyses suggested that recent intimate partner violence and high-severity child abuse increased risk for depression, and both recent and past intimate partner violence as well as child abuse increased risk for anxiety. In addition, higher levels of cumulative abuse increased risk for depression and anxiety over the life span even after controlling for other risk factors.
Recent stressful life events, sexual revictimization, and their relationship with traumatic stress symptoms among women sexually abused in childhood
- Authors:
- CLASSON Catherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(12), December 2002, pp.1274-1290.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This cross-sectional study examined whether previous life stressors are associated with current traumatic stress symptoms in women who were sexually abused in childhood. Fifty-eight treatment-seeking women, sexually abused in childhood and meeting criteria for current post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in response to their childhood sexual abuse, participated in this study. Participants were administered a structured interview to assess PTSD as well as self-report measures to assess acute stress reactions, other trauma-related symptoms, sexual revictimization as an adult, and recent stressful life events. Recent stressful life events were shown to be associated with PTSD symptoms, acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms, and other trauma-related symptoms. Sexual revictimization was associated with trauma-related symptoms but not PTSD symptoms or ASD symptoms.