Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: Implications for Collegiate-Based Emergency Medical Services
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: the unwanted penetration of an individual's body. 2 Rape is a legal term defined by the F.B.I. as "the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus, with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim." 2 While some perpetrators physically force or threaten victims to engage in sexual activity (ie, forcible sexual assault), increasing awareness is evolving around the use of drugs and/or alcohol as another means to facilitate sexual violence.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Previous literature refers to this type of sexual assault using the terms incapacitated sexual assault 6 , drug-enabled sexual assault 7 , and drug-facilitated sexual assault 8 .In this review, the term drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) is used to refer to any act of sexual violence committed against someone who is, voluntarily or involuntarily, under the influence of one or more disinhibiting substances.DFSA is described using two categories: (1) Proactive DFSA: the covert or forcible administration of a disinhibiting or incapacitating substance to T he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies sexual assault as a serious public health issue affecting millions of men and women in the United States. 1 Sexual assault refers to a range of sexual acts or behaviors that occur without the explicit consent of the recipient, including the unwanted fondling or sexual touching of an individual, attempted rape, coercion or forcing of an individual to perform sexual acts, or Lauren N. Gorstein, BA, EMT-B is a researcher for the Department of Sociology at Skidmore College.Her research interests include understanding the factors that contribute to sexual and gender-based violence on college campuses and improving emergency medical response to intimate partner violence and sexual assault.She also serves as a prevention educator and victim advocate.
Authors: Lauren N. Gorstein, Ralph J. Riviello
Institution: Drexel University
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2792920951