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Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior and the Occurrence of Sexual Assault

Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior and the Occurrence of Sexual Assault Abstract • The medical records of adolescent sexual assault victims presenting to Harborview Medical Center's Emergency Trauma Center, Seattle, were examined to determine behavioral risk factors preceding the assault. Twenty-six percent of the group were impaired by alcohol or other drugs during the assault. Forty-six percent of the assaults occurred after social interactions with strangers In unprotected surroundings. Five percent occurred after adolescents "hitchhiked" and accepted rides from strangers. Many of the assaults occurred between 10 pm and 4 am. The Incidence of injuries in victims was high (39%), while the Incidence of serious injury was zero. Risk-taking behaviors were commonly encountered in adolescent sexual assault victims. (AJDC 1988;142:770-772) References 1. Russell DEH: Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse , Workplace Harassment. Beverly Hills, Calif, Sage Publications Inc, 1984, pp 29-66. 2. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Adolescence: Rape and the adolescent . Pediatrics 1983;72:738-740. 3. Lizotte AJ: The uniqueness of rape: Reporting assaultive violence to the police . Crime Delinquency 1985;31:169-190.Crossref 4. Ageton SS: Sexual Assault Among Adolescents . Lexington, Mass, DC Heath & Co, 1983, pp 25-26. 5. Mann EM: Self-reported stresses of adolescent rape victims . J Adolesc Health Care 1981;2:29-33.Crossref 6. Felice M, Grant J, Reynolds B, et al: Follow-up of adolescent rape victims . Clin Pediatr 1978;17:311-315.Crossref 7. Smith MD, Bennett N: Poverty, inequality, and theories of forcible rape . Crime Delinquency 1985;31:295-305.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior and the Occurrence of Sexual Assault

Jenny, Carole
American Journal of Diseases of Children , Volume 142 (7) – Jul 1, 1988
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American Medical Association
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0002-922X
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10.1001/archpedi.1988.02150070084032
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Abstract • The medical records of adolescent sexual assault victims presenting to Harborview Medical Center's Emergency Trauma Center, Seattle, were examined to determine behavioral risk factors preceding the assault. Twenty-six percent of the group were impaired by alcohol or other drugs during the assault. Forty-six percent of the assaults occurred after social interactions with strangers In unprotected surroundings. Five percent occurred after adolescents "hitchhiked" and accepted rides from strangers. Many of the assaults occurred between 10 pm and 4 am. The Incidence of injuries in victims was high (39%), while the Incidence of serious injury was zero. Risk-taking behaviors were commonly encountered in adolescent sexual assault victims. (AJDC 1988;142:770-772) References 1. Russell DEH: Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse , Workplace Harassment. Beverly Hills, Calif, Sage Publications Inc, 1984, pp 29-66. 2. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Adolescence: Rape and the adolescent . Pediatrics 1983;72:738-740. 3. Lizotte AJ: The uniqueness of rape: Reporting assaultive violence to the police . Crime Delinquency 1985;31:169-190.Crossref 4. Ageton SS: Sexual Assault Among Adolescents . Lexington, Mass, DC Heath & Co, 1983, pp 25-26. 5. Mann EM: Self-reported stresses of adolescent rape victims . J Adolesc Health Care 1981;2:29-33.Crossref 6. Felice M, Grant J, Reynolds B, et al: Follow-up of adolescent rape victims . Clin Pediatr 1978;17:311-315.Crossref 7. Smith MD, Bennett N: Poverty, inequality, and theories of forcible rape . Crime Delinquency 1985;31:295-305.Crossref

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American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association

Published: Jul 1, 1988

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