When a nurse or physician asks for permission before examining a sexual assault victim—giving an abused woman back a modicum of control over her body—it is largely because of the life’s work of ...

(NEW YORK) -- For centuries the world has been fascinated by serial killers. Who are they? What makes them tick? What do they choose to kill? To try to answer those questions the authorities turned to ...

Rape trauma syndrome describes the acute disorganization phase and long-term reorganization phase for adult rape victims. The oldest adult in the Burgess & Holmstrom (1974) sample was a 73-year-old ...