Sexual Violence

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Author(s): Ruchi Trivedi (Goenka and Associates Educational Trust, India)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 11
Source title: Social, Psychological, and Forensic Perspectives on Sexual Abuse
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rejani Thudalikunnil Gopalan (Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3958-2.ch007

Keywords: Criminology & Victimology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities / Sociology

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Abstract

It takes seconds of impulsiveness for an act of sexual abuse to cross the thin line to convert into an act of sexual violence and vice-versa. There are cases where the act of sexual violence is initiated with consent, and there are acts of sexual violence that fall under the umbrella term sexual assault. This chapter examines the role of violence in sexual abuse, i.e. sexual violence. The first section reviews the definitions of sexual violence and throwing some light on forms of violence in sexual abuse and violation of consent during an act of sexual violence. The second section reviews the risk factors and causal for sexual violence. The third section presents an overview of different perspectives on violence in context to sexual abuse are mentioned and examined.

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