RAPE - SCOPE, IMPACT, INTERVENTIONS, AND PUBLIC-POLICY RESPONSES

Authors
Citation
Mp. Koss, RAPE - SCOPE, IMPACT, INTERVENTIONS, AND PUBLIC-POLICY RESPONSES, The American psychologist, 48(10), 1993, pp. 1062-1069
Citations number
92
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0003066X
Volume
48
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1062 - 1069
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-066X(1993)48:10<1062:R-SIIA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
There are many ways for women to be victimized by strangers and by peo ple they know, but rape is the crime women fear most. The research on the frequency, psychological after effects, somatic consequences, and immediate as well as delayed interventions for rape is reviewed; a bri ef consensus of the literature within each of these areas is developed ; and the implications of the research for public policy are considere d. Among the suggested policy responses are improvements in the databa ses on rape frequency, increased attention to measurement, a higher pr iority for teaching about rape in the education of health care provide rs, increased funding and technical assistance to rape crisis centers, and more diversity of interventions and research on their effects.