Management of Sexual Assault: Victim and Offender Intervention

Running header: SEXUAL ASSAULT
Joyce Chellah
NorQuest College
ENGL2550
Taylor Scanlon
Assignment 2a:
Date: March 21, 2019

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Introduction
Introductory Statement: Sexual assault is enduring and persistent social evil that has long been
considered a serious problem and impart a significant impact on the victim. The researchers,
psychologist and sociologists have offered numerous treatment and intervention plan to reduce
the risk and impact of sexual assault.
Thesis: The management of victim is not merely enough to control the obnoxious consequences
rather the intervention of the sexual offenders is equally important.
Summary of the Main Ideas:
• Sexual assault is more prevalent among women as compared to men.
• Cognitive behaviour therapy is an effective way to manage sexual victims and offenders.
• The behaviour therapy is also effective to treat the victim and offenders.
• Monetary relief is imperative for recovery of the assault victim.
• Social support, care and advocacy are significant and advocacy for sexual assault
survivors.
• Reparative and transformative justice for offender might help maintain the fabric of the
society.
Main idea # 1
Claim: Sexual assault is more prevalent among women as compared to men.
Evidence:
• A comprehensive report by the department of justice suggested that around 25% female
and 6% of males experience sexual assault (Habigzang, et al. 2009).
• The majority of sexual assault victims comprised of females. One female among every
five experience sexual assault which s human right of a human right problem (Amenu &
Hiko, 2014).
• According to the Recent national data, among women reporting a history of rape, 40%
women reported themselves as a rape victim before the age of 18 and 38% women were
being raped between 18 to 24 years of age (Breiding, et al. 2014).
Significance
Sexual assault is pervasive worldwide and spoiling the fabric of every society. Both
gender male and females of all ages experience sexual assault in their lives. The literature

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depicted that the ratio of sexual assault is more prevalent among females as compared to
males. The female found to be more victim of rape, sexual violence and assault.
Main idea # 2
Claim: Cognitive behaviour therapy is an effective way to manage sexual victims and offenders.
Evidence:
• Habigzang, et al. (2009) conducted a study to assess the impact of cognitive behaviour
therapy on the victims of sexual abuse. The nine to 16 years old children, female and
transgender were randomly selected in the study. The results of the study indicated that
the group of people who were given intervention reported reduced symptoms of anxiety,
depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.
• Dolan (2009) concluded through a meta-analysis that cognitive behaviour therapy and
relapse prevention are a very effective treatment for sex offenders. They also proposed
that neuro-cognitive anatomy of the brain also plays a significant role in reducing the
symptoms violence. The literature also recommended the effectiveness of
pharmacological treatment.
• The cognitive behaviour treatment oriented therapies and treatment lower and moderate
the risk of sexual offenders. The Literature based study concluded that various therapies
of CBT are an effective treatment modality to prevent offence recidivism of sexual
offenders (Mpofu, Athanasou, Rafe, & Belshaw, 2018).
• Sleep disturbance is highly prominent among sexual assault victims, and cognitive
behaviour therapy is effective in treating the sleep oriented disturbance. Belleville, Dubé-
Frenette, & Rousseau (2018) suggested that nightmare symptoms can be reduced among
sexual assault victims through the effective techniques of cognitive behaviour therapy.
Significance
Cognitive behaviour therapy plays an important role in the management of victims of
sexual abuse. It effectively treats not only female and transgender but also showed it efficiency
on children to reduce their anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder’s symptoms. Its
effective techniques also condense the sleep disturbance symptoms that mostly sexual assault
victims reported. After getting treatment, the victims are satisfied with their sleep disturbance
and nightmare symptoms. Therapeutic techniques of cognitive behaviour therapy successfully