Violence Frequency by Sexual Assault Characteristics

Jung In Park; Il Han Choo; Seung Gon Kim; Sang Hag Park; Woon Yeong Park; Gyoung Hwa Hwang; Sang Hoon Kim

doi:10.4306/jknpa.2013.52.5.360

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Park, Choo, Kim, Park, Park, Hwang, and Kim: Violence Frequency by Sexual Assault Characteristics

Original Article

Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2013; 52(5): 360-364.

Published online: 30 September 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4306/jknpa.2013.52.5.360

Violence Frequency by Sexual Assault Characteristics

Jung In Park, MD¹, Il Han Choo, MD, PhD^1,², Seung Gon Kim, MD, PhD^1,², Sang Hag Park, MD, PhD^1,², Woon Yeong Park, MD¹, Gyoung Hwa Hwang³, Sang Hoon Kim, MD, PhD^1,²

¹Department of Psychiatry, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.

²Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.

³Gwangju One-Stop Service Center, Gwangju, Korea.

Address for correspondence: Sang Hoon Kim, MD, PhD. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Chosun University, Chosun University Hospital, 365 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-717, Korea. Tel: +82-62-220-3105, Fax: +82-62-225-3659, shckim@chosun.ac.kr

Received 1 July 2013 Revised 12 August 2013 Accepted 20 August 2013

Abstract

Objectives

Sexual assaults are increasing in the world. They are frequently associated with violence of verbal or physical force and threat. The aim of this study is to investigate frequency of violence according to characteristics of sexual assault.

Methods

Eighty two female sexual assault victims were referred to the psychiatric clinic from Gwangju One-Stop Service Center between Sep. 4, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2012. We compared the frequency of violence, including verbal or physical force and threat according to characteristics of sexual assault : sexual assault type ; relationship with perpetrator ; time lag to visit one-stop center ; assault location.

Results

According to the results, 58.5% (n=48) of subjects had experienced violence before the sexual assaults. Compared to rape (50.9%), indecent (76.0%) showed more frequent violence ; and stranger assailant (81.8%) showed greater frequency of violence than acquaintance (50.0%). Victims who visited the One-stop center within 24 hours (76.7%) had greater exposure to violence than those who visited after 24 hours (48.1%). Regarding assault location, violence frequency was higher in other locations (65.7%) than in accommodations (26.7%).

Conclusion

Our results suggest that frequency of violence before sexual assaults could be influenced by their characteristics.

Keywords: Characteristics sexual assault, Frequency of violence

Figures and Tables

Fig. 1

Bar graphs show frequency of violence (black) and non-violence (light gray) by sexual assaults characteristics. ^*: One-Stop center is the institution that provides medical, counselling and legal service for violence victims, ^†: Accommodations are the places for someone to stay temporarily that include hotels, motels, inns.

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of sexual assault victims

^*: 6 victims data are missing, ^†: 1 elementary school student, 16 middle school students, 11 high school students, 11 university students

Table 2

Factors associated with violence before the sexual assaults

Values are given as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated. ^*: p<0.05 by chi-square test of sexual assault characteristics by violence

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by research funds from Chosun University Hospital 2011.

Notes

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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