Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span: A Clinical Guide, Color Atlas and Supplementary CD-ROM [Box set] [Hardcover]

Angelo P. Giardino (Author), Elizabeth M. Datner (Author), Janice B. Asher (Author), Barbara W. Girardin (Author), Diana K. Faugno (Author), Mary J. Spencer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1878060473 | ISBN-13: 978-1878060471 | Publication Date: January 1, 2004 | Edition: 1st

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span Supplementary CD-ROM contains 130 photos with detailed case studies from field experts, all cultivated from our comprehensive Sexual Assault Color Atlas. This one-of-a-kind resource addresses a diverse field of victims, injuries, and circumstances. Presented in order by age group of the victim, from young child to elderly person, the photographs on this CD-ROM are intended to reflect the findings most characteristic of the various age groups, whether normal or pathologic. Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span A Clinical Guide and Color Atlas is an essential two-volume set for anyone who may come into contact with someone who has been sexually assaulted. Professionals from the medical, legal, and law enforcement fields will find critical information on how to perform a physical examination, properly document examinations and investigations, collect forensic evidence (including DNA analysis), and address legal and prosecution issues. Individual sections are devoted to the unique problems of sexual victimization for children, adolescents and adults. Other invaluable chapters on domestic violence and acquaintance rape, male sexual assault, sexual assault in correctional settings, assault of the elderly, and victimization of people with disabilities are included.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Excellent tools... This is one of the best educational resources my office has ever purchased." --Arial Trudeau, Victim Assistance Specialist, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program, Polk County Attorney's Office

"This book is the first to bring together the best information available concerning sexual victimization across the entire lifespan." --Robert M. Reece, MD, Director, MSPCC Institute for Professional Education, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Executive Editor, the Quarterly Child Abuse Medical Update

"Until [prevention] becomes a cultural imperative of its own, we will continue to need books such as these..." --Randell Alexander, MD, PhD, Atlanta, GA

"Excellent tools... This is one of the best educational resources my office has ever purchased." --Arial Trudeau, Victim Assistance Specialist, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program, Polk County Attorney's Office

"This book is the first to bring together the best information available concerning sexual victimization across the entire lifespan." --Robert M. Reece, MD, Director, MSPCC Institute for Professional Education, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Executive Editor, the Quarterly Child Abuse Medical Update

"Excellent tools... This is one of the best educational resources my office has ever purchased." --Arial Trudeau, Victim Assistance Specialist, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program, Polk County Attorney's Office

"This book is the first to bring together the best information available concerning sexual victimization across the entire lifespan." --Robert M. Reece, MD, Director, MSPCC Institute for Professional Education, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Executive Editor, the Quarterly Child Abuse Medical Update

From the Publisher

Topics of interest include: Adolescent Perpetrator Anal Injury Annular, Crescentic, and Septate Hymen Assault-Related Infections Crime Scene Photographs Diverse Normal Vaginal Appearance Elderly Perianal Laxity Friable Fourchette Friend-of –the-Family Perpetrator General Injuries Associated With Assault Genital Examination Techniques Healing Injury Characteristics Hymenal Failure to Fuse Incest Victim Labial Adhesions Male Victim Non-Assault Skin-Related Findings Normal Anogenital Findings Not Previously Sexually Active Victim Oral Injury Penile and Digital Penetration of the Vagina Pregnant Victim Sodomy Victim Stranger Perpetrator Varied Examiner Technique Victim With Disabilities

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1435 pages
• Publisher: STM Learning, Inc.; 1st edition (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878060473
• ISBN-13: 978-1878060471
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.1 x 3.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,686,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)