Angelo P. Giardino & Elizabeth M. Datner 
Sexual Assault 
A Clinical Guide

660 pages, 95 images, 53 contributors

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span: A Clinical Guide offers a broad array of information for sexual assault intervention, from the fundamentals of physical evaluation and investigation to in-depth guides to the unique challenges presented by cases of sexual assault. Both novice and veteran practitioners will benefit from guidelines to best practices in physical examinations, evidence collection, and documentation, with the added benefit of chapters about special victim populations and the various roles of multidisciplinary team members.

To present a complete overview of the professional approach to sexual assault in all its forms, Sexual Assault: Victimization Across the Life Span—A Clinical Guide includes sections dedicated to the presentation and effects of sexual violence in children and adults as well as chapters about victims with disabilities, victims in correctional settings, male victims, and more. This expansive clinical and forensic reference is essential for all professionals active in sexual assault response.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
2. Anogenital Anatomy
3. Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse
4. Forensic Evaluations for Sexual Abuse
5. STDs in Sexually Abused Children
6. Differential Diagnosis
7. Screening for Treatment in Boys and Male Adolescents
8. Disability and Sexual Violence
9. Multidisciplinary Teamwork Issues
10. Documentation and Report Formulation
11. Networks and Technologies
12. Overview of Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault
13. Genital Injury and Sexual Assault
14. The Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Victim
15. Forensic Issues in Caring for Adult Victims
16. DNA Evidence in Sexual Assault
17. STDs and Pregnancy Prophylaxis
18. Dating Violence and Acquaintance Rape
19. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape
20. Sexual Assault and Pregnancy
21. Rape and Sexual Abuse in Older Adults
22. Sexual Assault in Correctional Settings
23. Revised Trauma Theory
24. Social Supports
25. Moving Beyond a Don’t-Ask–Don’t-Tell Approach
26. Caring for the Caregiver
27. SANE-SART History and Role Development
28. The Role of EMS Prehospital Care Providers
29. Law Enforcement Issues
30. The Role of Police as First Responders
31. Legal Issues in Sexual Assault
32. Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases

Über den Autor

Janice Asher received her MD from Rush medical College in 1977. She is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is also the medical director of Women’s Health in the Student Health Service at the university. From 1966 to 2001, she was the clinical director for Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility. Currently, she is the clinical director for the Institute of Safe Families, a Philadelphia-based organization specializing in professional training, policy development, and multidisciplinary coordination of relationship violence victim services. Janice Asher has lectured widely on the subject of relationship violence and trained medical students and physicians across the United States in violence assessment and intervention in the medical setting.