Victim definition Right Ans - Any person who suffered direct physical or
emotional harm as the result of a sexual or violent offense
Victimology Right Ans - the **scientific study** of victimization
Consent Right Ans - freely given agreement to the conduct issue by a
competent person
trauma Right Ans - -person experienced, witnessed, orcas confronted with
an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury,
or a threat to the physical integrity of the self or others.
-the person's response to the event involved intense fear, helplessness, or
horror.
Military Sexual Trauma MST Right Ans - -complex d/t the context in which
it occurs
-interpersonal stress
-loss of trust
-identifying complex trauma sheds light on confusing behavior
Reaction to Sexual Assualt Right Ans - -intense feelings (constantly
changing)
-numbness
-pervasive fear, anxiety, and phobic behavior
Victim Trauma physical responses Right Ans - **increased use of alcohol,
drugs, food**
PTSD S/SX Right Ans - feeling keyed up ***hyperarousal***
male victims statistics Right Ans - -male service members represent 22-
25% victims who made restricted/unrestricted reports of sexual assualt
-National study 1 in 71 men (1.4%) report rape
- 22.2% experience sexual victimization other than rape in their lifetime
PTSD coping Right Ans - -Self-blame
-self-harm
, -self-medication
Rapist profile Right Ans - -***78% non-stranger rapist***
-22% Stranger rapist
Offender motivations Right Ans - -Power motivated offender ----**most
common**
-anger motivated offender
----humiliation
-Sadistic offender
----torture
characteristic of sex offender Right Ans - -**hyper-masculinity**
-hostility towards women
-frequent sexual encounter
-casual attitudes about sex
-Endorses rape myths
just-world hypothesis Right Ans - the belief that people get what they
deserve in life and deserve what they get
invulnerability theory Right Ans - those who blame victims as a means to
protect their own feelings of vulnerability in order to feel safe themselves.
ex. i wouldn't walk outside in the middle of the night
Why victims stay silent Right Ans - -***I can't betray my unit or battle
buddies***
-an investigation takes too long
---- here with you through out
Trauma recovery Right Ans - -Adaptive understanding of
self/world/trauma
-acceptance of trauma
-freedom
-choice
Legal advice caution Right Ans - -understand but *do not give advice* refer
to OSJA and SVWLs
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