Development and validation of Malaysian one stop crisis center service quality instrument (OSCC-Qual) for domestic violence management - Chew KS, Wong SSL, Siew KL, Kandasamy V.
One Stop Crisis Center (OSCC) is a multi-sectorial center aimed to provide medical, social, legal, police and shelter services to survivors of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, sodomy and child abuse. Although OSCCs have been established for almost ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Harvey Weinstein ’s L.A. Conviction Could Be Vulnerable Due to N.Y. Ruling
Harvey Weinstein was already effectively serving a life sentence when he was flown to Los Angeles to face his second trial on rape and sexual assault charges. That second conviction is now the only thing keeping him in prison, after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his original verdict in…#harveyweinstein #hollywood #jenniferbonjean #bonjean #appellatedistrict #markwerksman #darylhannah #rosemcgowan #lisablench #lench (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Federal judge rejects Trump request for new trial in E. Jean Carroll suit, says he must pay $83.3 million
A federal judge in New York rejected former President Donald Trump's appeal of the $83.3 million fine the jury awarded E. Jean Carroll after he denied allegations he raped her in the 1990s. The judge also denied his request for a new trial. A federal jury decided in January that Trump must pay…#donaldtrump #ejeancarroll #trump #trumplegal #newyorkcity #carroll #bergdorfgoodman #trumptower #manhattan #original (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Trial Opens for Former Hospital Director Accused of Sexual Abuse of Teen Patients
(MedPage Today) -- The former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children used physical examinations as a "ruse" to sexually abuse two teenage patients, a prosecutor said Monday, while the physician's attorney... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - April 23, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Organized sexualized and ritual violence: results from two representative German samples - Gerke J, Fegert J, Rassenhofer M, Fegert JM.
BACKGROUND: Organized sexualized and ritual abuse (ORA), a contentious issue since the 1980s, remains a polarizing topic. Although there is much debate about the existence of this phenomenon, a differentiated perspective is lacking, and no representative s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The True Story Behind Baby Reindeer Makes The Netflix Hit Even Scarier
This article contains discussions of sexual abuse and mental illness. If you felt disturbed by the new Netflix original miniseries "Baby Reindeer," you'll probably be unhappy to know that the real-life story of the…#netflix #babyreindeer #richardgadd #donnydunn #guardian #times (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Breaking the cycle: mentalizing moderates and mediates the link between childhood sexual abuse and satisfaction with adult romantic relationships - Lassri D, Gewirtz-Meydan A.
BACKGROUND: Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant risk factor with consistently demonstrated negative implications for satisfaction with adult romantic relationships. Yet, research on risk and protective factors in this context is scarce, particula... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Image-based sexual abuse: online communities and the broader misogynistic landscape - Huber AR.
This article offers an in-depth examination of user motivations and misogynistic online cultures drawing on data collected from two websites that openly condone the sharing and viewing of non-consensually shared sexual images. Analysed using a feminist len... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The antiepistemology of organized abuse: Ignorance, exploitation, inaction - Salter M, Woodlock D.
Organized abuse, in which multiple adults sexually abuse multiple children, has an important role to play in the production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) but has been relegated to the margins of criminological concern. This paper presents the findi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Factors associated with rape case attrition in the South African criminal justice system: a national cross-sectional study - Machisa M, Jina R, Labuschagne G, Vetten L, Loots L, Jewkes R.
The attrition of rape cases within the criminal justice system is driven by different factors. We aimed to describe the patterns of rape case attrition and associated factors in South Africa. We analysed a national sample of 3,952 cases reported in 2012. W... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Re-faced and pornified-- a visual, narrative analysis of sexual scripts in police cases of image-based abuse - Harder SK.
This article analyses police cases to argue that image-based sexual abuse should not be understood as only happening to women who have shared risqu é image of themselves. Anyone could have sexual images shared without consent, because all digital images can... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

CNN ’s Laura Coates Asks Maggie Haberman How Trump Will ‘Handle’ Sexual Abuse Coming Up At New Trial
CNN anchor Laura Coates asked CNN commentator and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman how former President Donald Trump will “handle” all of his past misconduct being introduced at his current trial, including the sexual abuse for which he was found liable. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin…#lauracoates #maggiehaberman #donaldtrump #manhattan #alvinbragg #stormydaniels #haberman #lauracoateslive #coates #trump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ritual sexual abuse : orientation to patient well-being in a polarized debate - Fegert JM, Urbaniok F.
BACKGROUND: The background to this article is a  polarized media debate about ritual violence against children in German speaking countries. Two opposing positions have formed, which are unable to engage in a reasonable exchange with each other. OBJ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Prevalence, disclosure, and help seeking in Black and Asian male survivors of sexual violence in the United Kingdom: a rapid review - Widanaralalage BK, Jennings S, Dando C, Mackenzie JM.
Sexual violence against men has been significantly overlooked, and under-researched, with minimal attention paid to the influence of culture and ethnicity on survivors' experiences of abuse. This rapid review examines prevalence, disclosure, help-seeking, ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Gender differences in the characterization of child sexual abuse - Garc ía-Montoliu C, Ballester-Arnal R, Nebot-Garcia JE, Ruiz-Palomino E.
Research on child sexual abuse (CSA) has increased in recent decades. However, the study of gender differences in this field is still scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in the characterization of CSA between Spanish adult men and ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news