Rape Trauma Syndrome

Burgess, Ann Wolbert; Holmstrom, Lynda Lytle

doi:10.1176/ajp.131.9.981

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“…It reflects a gender role expectation that it is unmanly for men to express negative emotion even in the face of physical and emotional trauma. The majority of female victims who receive immediate support and on-going counselling are reported by Burgess and Holmstrom (1974) and Mezey and Taylor (1988) to lose their acute symptoms within one year; however, the reluctance of male victims to tell anyone about the assault, coupled with the lack of counseling and support for male victims, could explain the findings of this study and previous research (e.g., Anderson, 1982;Mezey & King, 1989;Myers, 1989), which show that many male victims suffer deep and long lasting psychological and behavioral effects. Although each victim has a different set of long term consequences, common reactions reported include emotional disruption manifested by depression and increased anger.…”

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Effects of Rape on Men: A Descriptive Analysis

2005

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Previous studies of the effects of rape on men have focused mainly on clinical populations. This study extended current research by investigating the effects of rape on a non-clinical sample of men recruited from the general population by media advertising. A total of 40 male rape victims were asked to provide details of their assaults, levels of psychological disturbance, long-term effects, and reporting issues. Results revealed that most assaults had been carried out using physical or violent force, in a variety of different circumstances. All of the victims reported some form of psychological disturbance as a result of being raped. Long-term effects included anxiety, depression, increased feelings of anger and vulnerability, loss of self-image, emotional distancing, self-blame, and self-harming behaviors. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research in the area and perceptions of rape.

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Effects of Rape on Men: A Descriptive Analysis

2005

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“…In addition, the revisions of stories are often preceded by silences, delays and hesitations. As has been explored earlier, victims of sexual abuse may seek to blame themselves, and express feelings of guilt and shame (Burgess and Holstrom 1974;Kletter et al 2009). These feelings of blame relate to the inner (perhaps traumatised) world of the victim of sexual abuse and have no relation to the factual external reality of what has occurred (Temkin 2002: 130).…”

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Trauma and the Construction of Suffering in Irish Historical Child Sexual Abuse Prosecutions

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2017

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Adopting the special issue's broad definition of criminal law reform, this article explores some of the ways the Irish criminal process is grappling with the demands for justice of adults who report childhood sexual abuse. In particular, it shows how the cultural notion of trauma is bound up with the construction of victims' suffering. In historical child sexual abuse prosecutions, trauma is shown to be an effect of the abuse on the victim/survivor; a site of mediation of the relationship between the state and victims; and a site of mediation of the relationship between the state and its past. The article first explores these insights in relation to the law's approach to questions of alleged procedural unfairness to defendants flowing from the passage of time. Trauma is exposed as both legitimating some forms of suffering, and disqualifying others. The article then employs the trope of trauma to expose the problems with current approaches to cross-examination of vulnerable victims and recent reforms of the rules on disclosure of victims' counselling records. Finally, the article explores the possibilities of trauma discourse in thinking anew about how to address the suffering of victims of historical child sexual abuse.

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“…B. 1974 Untersuchungen von burgess und holmstrom [5] über akute und langfristige belastungsreaktionen von Vergewaltigungsopfern.…”

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