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ArticleViolence against women2024

Factors Related to Police Reporting in Sexual Assault Care Centers: Are We Underestimating the Role of Support Persons?

Saar Baert, Stefanie De Buyser, Sara Van Belle, Paul Gemmel, Charlotte Rousseau, Kristien Roelens, Ines Keygnaert

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Article in Violence against women, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Saar BaertInternational Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9822-148X
Stefanie De BuyserBiostatistics Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Sara Van BelleHealth Systems and Health Policy Research Group, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Paul GemmelDepartment of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Charlotte RousseauCentre de Prise en Charge des Violences Sexuelles Bruxelles, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Kristien RoelensDepartment of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Ines KeygnaertInternational Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University · BECentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Pierre · BEGhent University Hospital · BEInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few victims of sexual assault (SA) report to the police. Research on the role of support persons in victims' reporting is sparse. We address this gap by examining the association of victim, assailant, victimization incident, and support characteristics with reporting rates among victims attending sexual assault care centers (SACCs). Logistic regression results show that type of SA, delay between SA and presentation at SACC, and presence of an informal support person at SACC and SACC site are significantly associated with police reporting. These findings reveal the importance of targeting victims' support persons to alter reporting behavior among SA victims.

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Crime VictimsPoliceSex OffensesAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansLaw EnforcementLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedSocial SupportYoung Adultassault centerforensic examinationpolice reportingsexual assaultsocial support

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PMID37365905
PMCPMC11610208
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