RAPE - HELPING THE VICTIM - A TREATMENT MANUAL

• NCJ Number: 47107
• Author(s): S HALPERN; D J HICKS; T L CRENSHAW
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 182 pages
• Corporate Author: Medical Economics Book Division
• Sale Source: Medical Economics Book Division
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF RAPE VICTIMS ARE PRESENTED IN A MANUAL DIRECTED TO MEDICAL, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND OTHER AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO DEAL WITH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Abstract

STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES, TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, AND RELATED INFORMATION ARE PRESENTED IN CHAPTERS ADDRESSED TO SPECIFIC AGENCIES OR TO STAGES OF RAPE VICTIM CARE: IMMEDIATE NEEDS; ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE; VENEREAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; EXIT PROCEDURES; THE POLICE ROLE; THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE; AND CRISIS INTERVENTION. INFORMATION ON FALSE SUPPOSITIONS ABOUT RAPE, COUNSELING FOR THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF RAPE VICTIMS, AND COORDINATION OF VICTIM SERVICES IS PROVIDED. SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROTOCOLS FOR ADULT AND CHILD VICTIMS ARE DIRECTED TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL, COUNSELORS, POLICE, AND PROSECUTORS. OVER HALF OF THE MANUAL CONSISTS OF REFERENCE MATERIALS DRAWN FROM AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. INCLUDED ARE THE WASHINGTON, D.C., RAPE CRISIS CENTER'S RIGHTS OF RAPE VICTIMS; SAMPLE FORMS FOR HOSPITAL REPORTS OF SUSPECTED SEXUAL ASSAULT, MEDICAL REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, MEDICAL EXAMINATION RECORDS, AND HOSPITAL CONSENT FORMS AND PATIENT INSTRUCTION SHEETS; GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMING PELVIC EXAMINATIONS; GUIDELINES FOR RAPE CRISIS COUNSELING INTERVENTION; PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING EVIDENCE IN RAPE CASES; INFORMATION ON A DALLAS, TEX., PROGRAM FOR ASSURING PROPER CARE OF RAPE VICTIMS AND RAPE EVIDENCE; PROCEDURES FOR TELEPHONE FOLLOWUP CONTACTS WITH RAPE VICTIMS; GUIDELINES FOR POLICE ON CRISIS INTERVENTION AND INVESTIGATION OF FORCIBLE RAPE AND ON INTERVIEWING RAPE VICTIMS; INFORMATION ON A DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S RAPE COORDINATION PROJECT; SAMPLE PHYSICIAN TESTIMONY IN A RAPE CASE; A TABLE SHOWING STAFFING-WORKLOAD COMPARISONS FOR SEX CRIME INVESTIGATIVE UNITS IN 13 URBAN POLICE DEPARTMENTS; AND GUIDELINES FOR AVOIDING RAPE. A LIST OF COMMUNITY ANTIRAPE PROJECTS AND A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE PROVIDED. (LKM)