Abuse & Incest National Network

Forensic Nursing: Child Abuse The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network state that every two minutes, someone is sexually assaulted in the United States. In 2007 there were 248,300 victims of sexual assault (US department of Justice).  Sarah, a girl who dealt with abuse while at a friends house said, “At 11 my best friends step father raped me. I had went and stayed there for the night and he must have thought that I was an easy target. I'm 17 now and it has changed me life completely.”

sexual, and even economic abuse in families, also known as domestic violence. Domestic violence often escalates in stages. Usually, the abuse is cyclical and escalates beginning with threats and verbal abuse, later resulting in violence. Although, physical injury by a partner may be the most evident danger, the emotional and psychological effects of domestic abuse are also severe, and may go easily undetected. A screening tool called the WAST, created to detect abuse that is not so easily noticeable

Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey, every two minutes someone is sexually assaulted in the United States and in 2007, there were 248,300 victims of rape. In 2004-2005, 64,080 women were raped. Of those 64,080 women, it was estimated by RAINN (the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), that there were 3,204 results of pregnancies during that period. Victims of sexual assault are likely to suffer from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol and drug abuse, and they are more

Sex-based crimes can affect the victim both physically and mentally. According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, gastrointestinal disorders, chronic pain, gynecological complications, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and cervical cancer are among a few of the long-term consequences that can result from sexual

government resources directed towards the criminal court process. In reality, the majority of sexual assault cases are simply not reported at all and only a small minority of those initially charged with sexual assault. (1) According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National

Rape defined is forcing sexual intercourse upon someone without his or her consent. This isn’t just a girls’ problem, boys have to deal with this too. According to the American Psychological Association, nearly one in ten girls and one in twenty boys say they have been raped or experienced some form of sexual assault (Atlanta Journal, 1). Almost more than half of rape victims know their attacker; they don’t report it or tell anybody. In most date rape cases, the attacker and victim have known each

Psychologists usually agree that the teenage years are among the most difficult periods in one’s life. Most teens are trying to figure out who they are, what they believe, and how they fit into the world around them. Beginning in the late 1970’s, a whole genre of fiction, referred to as coming-of-age literature, emerged and serves, at least for many teens, as believable presentations of young people learning to navigate the difficulties of their lives, often fraught with feelings of rejection, seemingly

How many more times are you going to be lied to by the government? The government has made it seem like the marijuana plant is a drug that has no good use and is bad for the people. But that’s not true. They keep it illegal for reasons to benefit them. Marijuana has so many reasons why it should be legal. It should be legalized for 3 main reasons:It is safer than other substances that our legal, it could help with a wide range of different medical conditions,and it could be very beneficial and help

With an innumerable amount of scientific television shows being broadcast each day on various networks it is important to analyze the quality of the science presented in each show. The ability to critically examine all scientific plots is impossible considering the sheer number of active shows but the sentiment is definitely profound; television shows engage millions of viewers each day with their fast paced plots but often glaze over legitimate scientific processes for the sake of keeping viewers

Or is rape perpetuated by a small number of men who are at their core, predators? It can also be questioned, is rape a clearly definable crime or are there grey areas? A report from the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network expressed concern that “emphasizing rape culture makes it harder to stop sexual violence, since it removes the focus from the individual at fault, and seemingly mitigates personal responsibility for his or her own actions” (RAINN, 2015)