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| Comparisons of sexual assault among older and younger women | | Author(s) | Giannetta Del Bove, Lana Stermac, Deidre Bainbridge |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 17, no 3, 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1-18 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Crime ; Elder abuse ; Older women ; Middle aged ; Women ; Comparison ; Canada. |
| Annotation | New information about the nature and extent of violence and physical injury in older female sexual assaults is revealed using information from a hospital-based Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) in Ontario, Canada. This study compared assault characteristics among older victims of sexual assaults (age 55+) with those of middle-aged (age 31-54) and younger women (age 15-30) victims. The results reveal that older victims of sexual assault are more likely to be living alone at the time of the attack. In addition, older victims of sexual assault tended to report higher rates of vulnerabilities such as psychiatric and cognitive disabilities than did younger female victims. In contrast to younger victims, older sexual assault victims are also more likely to be assaulted in their own home: a quarter of older victims require ambulance involvement. Although the use of weapons was most likely in the sexual assaults of younger women, the use of physical violence and restraint was common and equally likely among all three groups. Similarly, vaginal penetration and the presence of physical trauma were just as likely in older victims as in younger victims of sexual assault. The vulnerability of the older victims illustrated in this investigation raises a number of research questions about these women's previous history of victimisation and future safety. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060105001 A |
| Classmark | TWA: QNT: BD: SE: SH: 48: 7S |
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