Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers: Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers: Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons?

Published:2023-06-26 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1077-8012
Container-title:Violence Against Women
language:en
Short-container-title:Violence Against Women

Author:

Baert Saar¹^ORCID,De Buyser Stefanie²,Van Belle Sara³,Gemmel Paul⁴,Rousseau Charlotte⁵,Roelens Kristien⁶,Keygnaert Ines¹

Affiliation:

1. International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

2. Biostatistics Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

3. Health Systems and Health Policy Research Group, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

4. Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

5. Centre de Prise en Charge des Violences Sexuelles Bruxelles, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

6. Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Abstract

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.

Funder

Belgian Institute for the Equality of Women and Men

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Sociology and Political Science,Gender Studies

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10778012231183659

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