Victim Advocacy and Young Male Victims of Sexual Abuse: An Evolutionary Model (From The Sexually Abused Male: Prevalence, Impact, and Treatment, V 1, P 73-85, 1990, Mic Hunter, ed. -- See NCJ-128859)

• NCJ Number: 128862
• Author(s): F Sepler
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 13 pages
• Sale Source: Lexington Books
• Publication Type: Research (Theoretical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Unlike the programs for adult and child female victims of sexual abuse, there has been no appropriate crisis or advocacy program model developed or implemented for the unique needs of young male victims of such abuse.

Abstract

Young male victims of sexual abuse, particularly early postpubertal males, experience the victimization from self-views and worldviews different from those of female victims. Although the youngest male victims may not be gender-specific in their response to the abuse, early socialization and the cultural rites of passage influencing young males near puberty create different means of cognition, perception, behavior, and sexuality. Currently, advocacy for young male victims of sexual assault is generally limited to advocacy for young male children who require witness preparation, medical advocacy through forensic examination, and other child advocacy methods. No literature or practice is apparently available to define a model of service advocacy for adolescent male victims of sexual abuse. The most pressing advocacy need is to integrate into the correctional system an office or person designated to identify male victims of sexual abuse and advocate for their needs. 19 references