Emily Corbett, Jennifer Power, Jacqui Theobald, Kate Wright, Leesa Hooker
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Abstract
While literature on sexual revictimization is extensive, data on women's help-seeking and service experiences in regional/rural areas is scarce, particularly within Australia. This paper aims to fill this gap by examining the help-seeking journeys of victim/survivors of sexual revictimization in regional and rural Victoria, Australia. Using a material feminist approach, semi-structured interviews with victim/survivors (N = 11) were analyzed to understand the forces shaping their service experiences. The study offers policy, practice-based, and research recommendations to ensure holistic, trauma-and-violence-informed responses to revictimized victim/survivors, addressing their specific needs in underserved areas.
期刊介绍:
Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.