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Record ID: d147ae40-1241-437f-876d-006280d5a1dc
Web resource: http://www.aifs.gov.au/acssa/pubs/briefing/acssa_briefing3.pdf
Type: Journal Article
Title: Responding to sexual assault in rural communitiesBriefing : Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
Authors: Heenan, Melanie
Neame, Alexandra
Keywords: Regional rural and remote areas;Sexual assault
Year: 2004
Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies
Notes:  "June 2004"
Describes and discusses four key issues that have emerged from the literature and research into sexual assault and violence in rural communities. Firstly, how can the diverse and disparate demographic, geographical, social/cultural and economic characteristics of non-urban communities be brought under the umbrella term ‘rural communities’ and how might research methodologies be adapted to provide a more accurate reflection of what goes on in individual regions? Secondly, the debate surrounding the difference in incidence and prevalence rates between rural and urban areas is considered and some of the ways in which factors influencing data collection might be accounted for are suggested. Thirdly, the role of isolation and other factors present in rural communities in creating barriers to disclosure and how are these barriers differ from those faced by women in urban areas is assessed. Lastly, the major practical, organisational and philosophical challenges facing service providers in rural areas and how might these challenges be addressed are debated.
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women in the far north regions were 16-25 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than ... A small number of studies indicate that intra-familial child sexual abuse may also be higher in rural ... Lynn (1990) claimed that Gippsland has a rate of child sex abuse that is two and a half ...
URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12111
ISBN: 9780642395146
Physical description: 23 p.
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