Factors related to police reporting in sexual assault care centers : are we underestimating the role of support persons?
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- Saar Baert (UGent) , Stefanie De Buyser (UGent) , Sara Van Belle, Paul Gemmel (UGent) , Charlotte Rousseau, Kristien Roelens (UGent) and Ines Keygnaert (UGent)
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- Few victims of sexual assault (SA) report to the police. Research on the role of support persons in victims' reporting is sparse. We address this gap by examining the association of victim, assailant, victimization incident, and support characteristics with reporting rates among victims attending sexual assault care centers (SACCs). Logistic regression results show that type of SA, delay between SA and presentation at SACC, and presence of an informal support person at SACC and SACC site are significantly associated with police reporting. These findings reveal the importance of targeting victims' support persons to alter reporting behavior among SA victims.
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- sexual violence, police reporting, forensic examination, social support, assault center, sexual assault, MENTAL-HEALTH, NATIONAL SAMPLE, HELP-SEEKING, RAPE, VICTIMIZATION, VIOLENCE, VICTIMS, EXPERIENCES, DISCLOSURE, DECISIONS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H4DVKBP5JSB66FEDS6BSMAMB
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- Baert, Saar, et al. “Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers : Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons?” VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, vol. 30, no. 15–16, 2024, pp. 3943–69, doi:10.1177/10778012231183659.
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- Baert, S., De Buyser, S., Van Belle, S., Gemmel, P., Rousseau, C., Roelens, K., & Keygnaert, I. (2024). Factors related to police reporting in sexual assault care centers : are we underestimating the role of support persons? VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 30(15–16), 3943–3969. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231183659
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- Baert, Saar, Stefanie De Buyser, Sara Van Belle, Paul Gemmel, Charlotte Rousseau, Kristien Roelens, and Ines Keygnaert. 2024. “Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers : Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons?” VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 30 (15–16): 3943–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231183659.
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- Baert, Saar, Stefanie De Buyser, Sara Van Belle, Paul Gemmel, Charlotte Rousseau, Kristien Roelens, and Ines Keygnaert. 2024. “Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers : Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons?” VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 30 (15–16): 3943–3969. doi:10.1177/10778012231183659.
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- 1.Baert S, De Buyser S, Van Belle S, Gemmel P, Rousseau C, Roelens K, et al. Factors related to police reporting in sexual assault care centers : are we underestimating the role of support persons? VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 2024;30(15–16):3943–69.
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- [1]S. Baert et al., “Factors related to police reporting in sexual assault care centers : are we underestimating the role of support persons?,” VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, vol. 30, no. 15–16, pp. 3943–3969, 2024.
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