4. acculturation Interpersonal Victimization and Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Latino Women: Initial Results from the SALAS Study, Chiara Sabina , Penn State Harrisburg and Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University, 2009 Latina immigrants had a lower rate of interpersonal victimization The higher the score of Anglo acculturation, the higher the rate for all types of victimization (DV, SA, stalking)
5. help seeking behaviors Interpersonal Victimization and Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Latino Women: Initial Results from the SALAS Study, Chiara Sabina , Penn State Harrisburg and Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University, 2009
6. sources of formal and informal help Interpersonal Victimization and Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Latino Women: Initial Results from the SALAS Study, Chiara Sabina , Penn State Harrisburg and Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University, 2009
7. other factors Campbell, R. Preliminary Findings presented to NIJ June 2009 Honeycutt, Marshall, & Weston (2001) Violence Against Women, Vol. 7. Wyatt, GE (1992) Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 48. Brunson, R (2007) Criminology and Public Policy, Vol .6. Perpetrators of sexual assault against White victims are still more likely to be convicted 67% of low-income, welfare dependent Black women had experienced a previous sexual assault 76% of African American survivors attributed their rape to the riskiness of their living situations (e.g., “I was living in a bad neighborhood”) Distrust of police is more widespread in communities of color
8. culturally based services Contextualizing Rape: Reviewing sequelae and proposing a culturally inclusive ecological model of sexual assault recovery. Neville, H. A., & Heppner, M. J. (1999). Applied & Preventive Psychology, 8, 41-62. African Americans who participated in culturally specific intervention programs found the information to be more personally relevant to them and were more motivated to hear the message.
