Saturday, May 20, 2006

UK Victims Of Rape, Especially Children, Failed By Lack Of Referral Centres And Experienced Doctors / Medical News Today, 15 May 2006

http://digbig.com/4hrtq
"A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine [Sub Required] examined the availability of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in the UK and compared their services with each other and with non-SARC police victim examination suites. A SARC is a model service established to address the forensic and therapeutic needs arising following sexual assault. In 2005 there were only 13 SARCs in England and Wales for more than 60,000 sexual offences recorded by police, of which 14,000 were offences of rape."