1435 pages, 1830 images, 69 contributors
Sexual Assault: Victimization Across the Life Span contains case studies from experts in the field, including photos of STIs, injuries in progressive stages of healing, and similar injuries in different age groups. Special sections include victims with disabilities, assault during incarceration, and cases involving DNA evidence collection, analysis, and prosecution.
Emergency room personnel, physicians, EMTs, social service agencies, judges, and law enforcement personnel will find critical information on physical examinations, proper sexual assault documentation, forensic evidence (including DNA analysis), and legal issues. The special sections devoted to the unique problems of sexual victimization of each age group are also invaluable. Edited by a pediatrician, an emergency room physician, a sexual assault nurse examiner, and a gynecologist, this hardbound guide offers the most comprehensive information available.
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Volume I: A Clinical Guide
1. Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
2. Anogenital Anatomy
3. Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse
4. Forensic Evaluations for Sexual Abuse
5. STDs in Sexually Abused Children
6. Differential Diagnosis
7. Screening for Treatment in Boys and Male Adolescents
8. Disability and Sexual Violence
9. Multidisciplinary Teamwork Issues
10. Documentation and Report Formulation
11. Networks and Technologies
12. Overview of Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault
13. Genital Injury and Sexual Assault
14. The Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Victim
15. Forensic Issues in Caring for Adult Victims
16. DNA Evidence in Sexual Assault
17. STDs and Pregnancy Prophylaxis
18. Dating Violence and Acquaintance Rape
19. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape
20. Sexual Assault and Pregnancy
21. Rape and Sexual Abuse in Older Adults
22. Sexual Assault in Correctional Settings
23. Revised Trauma Theory
24. Social Supports
25. Moving Beyond a Don’t-Ask–Don’t-Tell Approach
26. Caring for the Caregiver
27. SANE-SART History and Role Development
28. The Role of EMS Prehospital Care Providers
29. Law Enforcement Issues
30. The Role of Police as First Responders
31. Legal Issues in Sexual Assault
32. Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases
Volume II: A Color Atlas
1. Infant Sexual Abuse (0-3 Years)
2. Young Child Sexual Abuse (4-8 Years)
3. Pre-adolescent Sexual Abuse (9-12 Years)
4 Adolescent Sexual Abuse and Assault (13-17 Years)
5. Adult Sexual Assault (18-39 Years)
6. Middle-Aged Adult Sexual Assault (40-64 Years)
7. Elderly Sexual Assault (65 and Older)
Despre autor
Mary Spencer is medical director of the Child Abuse Program and the Sexual Abuse Response Team at Palomar-Pomerado Health in North San Diego County. She received her BA from the University of Colorado and MD from the University of California-Los Angeles. After medical school, Dr. Spencer completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at UCLA and worked as an assistant professor at the school until 1982. Currently, she is a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Diego and has a private practice in pediatric and infectious disease medicine in Escondido.