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Sexual Assault And Sane (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) In Our Community, Emily Barrow May 2013

Sexual Assault And Sane (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners) In Our Community, Emily Barrow

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Sexual assault and sexual violence is a problem in our society, with one in four college women report surviving rape (15 percent) or attempted rape (12 percent) since their fourteenth birthday, and about 42% of survivors did not tell anyone about their rape. Research on the subject is being done and information in a special report, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Rape Victimization: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS), conducted by American Prosecutors Research Institute and Boston College Connell School of Nursing, exposes some alarming statistics. The study reveals that over half of female victims and nearly …