PMID- 22826532
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121127
LR  - 20120724
IS  - 1552-6518 (Electronic)
IS  - 0886-2605 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 12
DP  - 2012 Aug
TI  - Multiple perpetrator sexual assault: how does it differ from assault by a single 
      perpetrator?
PG  - 2415-36
LID - 10.1177/0886260511433514 [doi]
AB  - Research that attempts to identify characteristic features of multiple 
      perpetrator sexual assault (MPSA) is limited. This study compared demographic and 
      assault related characteristics of 135 cases of MPSA with 139 cases of single 
      perpetrator sexual assault (SPSA) reported to the Haven sexual assault referral 
      centre, Camberwell, London, over a 4-year period, and aimed to identify any 
      unique features of MPSA victims, perpetrators and assault type. Victims of MPSA 
      were younger, less likely to be White, more likely to report previous self-harm 
      and more likely to sustain injuries than victims of SPSA. Multiple perpetrators 
      were younger, less likely to be White and more likely to be strangers to the 
      victim than single perpetrators. The nature of the assault was different in 
      single and multiple perpetrator cases; in MPSA, there were more completed rapes 
      and more multiple rapes, and perpetrators were more likely to meet the victim in 
      an outside location before carrying out the assault in a place of residence that 
      was not the victim's. These findings add to a scant but growing evidence base.
FAU - Morgan, Louise
AU  - Morgan L
AD  - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 
      louise.1.morgan@kcl.ac.uk
FAU - Brittain, Bernadette
AU  - Brittain B
FAU - Welch, Jan
AU  - Welch J
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Interpers Violence
JT  - Journal of interpersonal violence
JID - 8700910
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Crime Victims
MH  - *Criminals
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - London
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Rape
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/07/25 06:00
MHDA- 2012/12/10 06:00
CRDT- 2012/07/25 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/07/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/12/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 27/12/2415 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0886260511433514 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Interpers Violence. 2012 Aug;27(12):2415-36. doi: 10.1177/0886260511433514.