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Affects of Sexual Violence

Up to 80% of women in the Mental Health System have experienced sexual violence at some time in their past (Jacobson & Herald 1990; Steiner-Craine et. al cited in Doyle 1996; Dept Human Services Victoria 2006; Goodman 2001 cited in Keel 2005).

40 percent of men with sever mental illness had a history of sexual assault Goodman 2001 cited in keel 2005).

97% of homeless young women have been sexually assaulted (Human Rights Commission 1990 cited in Doyle 1996).

70% of all psychiatric patients are known to have been sexually abused as children (Children’s Commission of QLD cited in Blueprint resolution 2004).

Up to 70% of women with drug and alcohol issues have experienced sexual violence at some time in their life (Brown 1993 citied in Doyle 1996; Springer, Sheridan, Kuo & Carnes 2003).

89% of women in prisons have been victims of sexual assault (Kilroy 2000).

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