Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Prefrontal Cortex, Child Abuse, Sexual Assault
12 Oct 2020
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Violence against women survey (1993): used to determine incidence of sexual assault. 39 % had been assaulted by a man since age 16. General social survey (2004): only 8% of sexual assault victims report crime to police. In one study (martin et al. , 2006) it found that woman with disabilities were 4x as likely to be assault. National health & social life survey (nhsls) conducted in the united states: 1% of men are victims of sexual aggression vs. 22% of women. 1. 9% man forced to have sex with man. 1. 3% man forced to have sex with a woman. Canadian general social survey (1999): men and women under age 65. 1. 8% of the women vs. 0. 3% of men reported someone had touched them against their ill in previous 12 months. Incidence of sexual assault in canada victimization data (2009): Similar rates of sexual victimization in canada in 1999, 2004, and 2009.
