Establishing the connection [between alcohol and other drug use and sexual victimisation]: State of knowledge

Abstract

Research project RP.14.06<br/ ><br/ >This state of knowledge paper explores:<br/ ><br/ >the prevalence of sexual violence and alcohol and other drug use (AOD) in Australia;<br/ >the association between alcohol and other drug use and severity of, or vulnerability to, sexual violence and re-victimisation;<br/ >correlations between child sexual abuse and subsequent alcohol and other drug use, and adult sexual abuse and subsequent alcohol and other drug use; and<br/ >current practice around identification, assessment, response and referral pathways between AOD and sexual assault services.<br/ >The paper finds that despite methodological limitations in the literature, there is growing consensus that the sexual assault services sector and the AOD sector share a significant number of clients and that integrated or coordinated service provision is key.