Sexual assault in adults

Summary of changes

Addition

  • Strangulation given more prominence
  • Emphasis on following advice of sexual assault service and separating their role from the police
  • Advice about Preliminary Forensic Kits (PFK)

Primary references

  1. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Sexual assault in Australia, AIHW, Canberra, accessed 18 September 2022.

  2. Borumandnia N, Khadembashi N, Tabatabaei M and Alavi Majd H (2020) 'The prevalence rate of sexual violence worldwide: a trend analysis', BMC Public Health, 20(1):1835, doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09926-5

  3. Cannon LM, Bailey JM, Ernst SD, St Ivany A, Bevilacqua KG, Scheiman L and Munro-Kramer ML (2020) 'Examining trends in non-fatal strangulation among sexual assault survivors seeking Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner care from 2002 to 2017', International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 149(1):106-107, doi:10.1002/ijgo.13058

  4. Freedman E (2020) 'Clinical management of patients presenting following a sexual assault', Australian Journal of General Practice, 49(7):406-411, doi:10.31128/AJGP-01-20-5199

  5. MacDonald Z, Eagles D, Yadav K, Muldoon K and Sampsel K (2021) 'Surviving strangulation: evaluation of non-fatal strangulation in patients presenting to a tertiary care sexual assault and partner abuse care program', Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 23(6):762-766, doi:10.1007/s43678-021-00176-x

  6. NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence (2013) When a man is raped: A survival guide, 3rd Edition, NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence, Sydney, accessed 18 September 2022.

  7. Rowse J, Cunningham N and Parkin JA (2021) 'Sexual assault examination and COVID-19: risk reduction strategies in conducting forensic medical examinations of a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 positive patient in Melbourne hospital hot zones', Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, 17(2):216-222, doi:10.1007/s12024-020-00319-z

  8. Stark M (2020) A physicians guide to clinical forensic medicine, Springer International Publishing, Germany.

Indigenous/remote context references

  1. Taylor N and Putt J (2007) Adult sexual violence in Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia, Trends and issues in crime and criminal justice no. 345, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, accessed 18 September 2022.

  2. Walker N, Mackean T, Longbottom M, Coombes J, Bennett-Brook K, Clapham K, Ivers R, Hackett M, Redfern J and Cullen P (2020) 'Responses to the primary health care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experiencing violence: A scoping review of policy and practice guidelines', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32(2):40-53, doi:10.1002/hpja.417