Sexual Assault Perpetration and Reperpetration

From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23345909
AutoresJacquelyn W White (0009-0006-2442-4707, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, autor correspondente), Paige Hall Smith (0000-0002-7015-2996, University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Ano2004
Volume31
Fascículo2
Páginas182-202
Data de publicação2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCriminal Justice and Behavior (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0093-8548 • E-ISSN: 1552-3594
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0093854803261342
OpenAlexW1982262238
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas60
Referências citadas28

Three incoming freshmen classes of men provided data in a 5-year longitudinal study of the relationship between childhood victimization experiences and sexually coercive behaviors during adolescence and 4 years of college. A key finding of this study was that men who were physically punished, sexually abused, or who witnessed domestic violence in childhood were at greater risk for sexual perpetration in high school. Furthermore, men who perpetrated in high school were at greater risk for sexual perpetration in college; and after controlling for perpetration in high school, those who were abused or witnessed violence in childhood were not at greater risk for college perpetration. The findings have a number of implications for research and practice: We need to identify high-risk populations and direct more targeted interventions toward them. These groups include those who witness or experience abuse as a child and young men who perpetrate violence in adolescence, regardless of childhood abuse experiences.

Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sexual abuse · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies