Add to ORKGThe psychological evaluation of rape victims to deter mine their competency to testify in court and whether they are capable of consenting to sexual inter course is challenging, especially when the victim is mentally retarded and the sole witness against the accused. If the mentally retarded rape victim is not competent to testify and insufficient evidence is available, the case will be dismissed and the perpetrator goes free. Failure to prosecute and convict such offenders allows for continued abuse without fear of retribution.[1,2] Research has found that only 3 % of sexual abuse cases against indi-vi duals with developmental disabilities are reported in the USA. [3] It has been reported that at least 90 % of people with developmental dis...
Despite the Women’s Movement, sexual victimization con-tinues at an alarming rate in the United Stat...
Secondary victimization refers to re-victimization by society, including the responseof the criminal...
Criminal law norms assume that all defendants are alike. But social science research has demonstrate...
In this article the authors argue that the existing adversarial trial process often prevents the sto...
In this article, Professor Denno addresses the question of when sexual relations with a mentally ret...
When a woman with a mental disability makes a complaint of sexual assault, she must confront a crimi...
Psychological symptoms, abuse characteristics, abuse disability, and coping were assessed in college...
There is almost a theoretical vacuum concerning sexuality and eroticism when it comes to sexual abus...
Our nation is engaged in deep debate over sexual consent. But to date the discussion has overlooked ...
Our nation is engaged in deep debate over sexual consent. But to date the discussion has overlooked ...
In January of 2018, National Public Radio aired a six-part series, abused and betrayed, exposing the...
From Introduction: Drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) -- on victims who are too intoxicated to b...
Full-text available at SSRN. See link in this record.Despite decades of efforts to reform American r...
Children and adolescents experience a variety of psychiatric disturbances, including post-traumatic ...
In the twenty first century criminal justice policies have emerged that are aimed directly at people...
Despite the Women’s Movement, sexual victimization con-tinues at an alarming rate in the United Stat...
Secondary victimization refers to re-victimization by society, including the responseof the criminal...
Criminal law norms assume that all defendants are alike. But social science research has demonstrate...
In this article the authors argue that the existing adversarial trial process often prevents the sto...
In this article, Professor Denno addresses the question of when sexual relations with a mentally ret...
When a woman with a mental disability makes a complaint of sexual assault, she must confront a crimi...
Psychological symptoms, abuse characteristics, abuse disability, and coping were assessed in college...
There is almost a theoretical vacuum concerning sexuality and eroticism when it comes to sexual abus...
Our nation is engaged in deep debate over sexual consent. But to date the discussion has overlooked ...
Our nation is engaged in deep debate over sexual consent. But to date the discussion has overlooked ...
In January of 2018, National Public Radio aired a six-part series, abused and betrayed, exposing the...
From Introduction: Drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) -- on victims who are too intoxicated to b...
Full-text available at SSRN. See link in this record.Despite decades of efforts to reform American r...
Children and adolescents experience a variety of psychiatric disturbances, including post-traumatic ...
In the twenty first century criminal justice policies have emerged that are aimed directly at people...
Despite the Women’s Movement, sexual victimization con-tinues at an alarming rate in the United Stat...
Secondary victimization refers to re-victimization by society, including the responseof the criminal...
Criminal law norms assume that all defendants are alike. But social science research has demonstrate...