Poster #21 - Intimate Partner Sexual Assault Reporting Patterns

• In Event: Poster Session I (posters 1 - 79)

Abstract

Prior evidence suggests people are more likely to be victimized by someone they know. In the case of sexual assault victimization, the context of that assault can vary across relationship. In addition to stranger victimization, many assaults occur by current or former romantic partners or family members. The current study uses data from a Mid-South city’s sexual assault kit backlog to analyze how weapon type, weapon use, and victim-offender relationship intersect in reported assaults, to better understand the circumstances for reporting known versus unknown sexual assault.

Authors

• Madeline Stewart, University of Memphis / University of Arkansas at Little Rock

• Amaia Iratzoqui, University of Memphis

• James McCutcheon, University of Memphis