Sexual Violence: Impact, Response, and Prevention

This article discusses the impact of sexual violence, including the risk factors and consequences. It also explores the current responses to sexual violence in England and Wales, policy responses, and prevention initiatives. Additionally, it covers the myths surrounding sexual violence and the importance of supporting survivors. The article concludes with a discussion of the purpose of a strategy for managing cases and responding to the needs of victims.

Sexual violence

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Sexual violence refers to the crimes like rape, sexual assault along with sexual abuse that
can lead to create negative impact on individual that may include harming other individual,
sexual abuse, alcohol facilitated sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment or others.
There are various cases regarding sexual violence that impact individual and have response
towards the public. There is need to get ensure about effective response for the cases of sexual
violence. There is discussion about the sexual violence which can include different individual
and reason that can lead to sexual violence. There is also discussion about the current responses
to sexual violence within England and Wales which includes current statistics and reporting,
public awareness along with fear of crime. There is also discussion about the policy responses
and prevention initiatives (Campbell & Fehler-Cabral,2022). There is also discussion about
supporting survivors.
MAIN BODY
Sexual violence refers to manipulating or forcing someone in unwanted sexual activity
that are without their consent. This may include different where some reason which does not
includes that consent when individual is in fear, illness, disability, influence of alcohol or drugs
or age. This can have high impact and involving of sexual activity may lead to create the risk of
sexual violence. This is the one in which it includes the effective response towards the violence
which includes sexual advances which are directed against the sensuality regardless that are
related with victim (Belleville, Dubé‐Frenette & Rousseau, 2018).
According to Spohn (2020), sexual violence refers to the violence which include serious
public health along with human rights which also includes the long-term consequences which are
associated with women mental, physical and sexual health. This can include the intimation of
partnership within community structure during time of conflict. This include the deeply violating
and painful experience for survivors. This include forcefully intimation and other forceful
attempt to establish sexual relationship without individual consent. This can lead to create the
risk of sexual violence or rape (Ullman,2021).
In many cases, it has been analysed that offender are known to the victim in some way.
This can lead to create the risk of crime where victim and offender have some sort of relationship
in many cases. Here, offender has some information about the victim either professionally or

personally. There are large number of care in which sexual violence get occurred when victim is
known to the offender where they are having some thought which includes the intimation where
women are not have some desire. This can lead to create the risk of some forcefully trial which
can lead to create the risk of sexual violence. This is the one in which there are many cases in
which women are known to the victim where victim make some plan where they like to get some
sexual intimation with the victim. Here, they may plan to conduct this crime either intentionally
or without it. Here, they may also have less information where they try to do it they influence of
medicine or any drug or alcohol. This is highly effective and can lead to create high impact on
delivery of better and effective response towards conduction sexual violence.
There are many cases in which victim are considered to influence offender to conduct this
crime where such type of cases is very less in number. There are some cases in which offender
claims that victim has manipulate to do so. This can lead to create the risk of sexual violence
where offender losses his control and conduct the crime. Offenders includes that there are many
cases in which they have get intimated due to feeling that victim were trying to seduce them
which are not having high evidence that includes different feelings where victim denial about
this which is also a relationship with offender which are presented towards the sexual violence.
It can be observed that offenders were watching Ciara and her friends which shows that
criminal had the wrong intention where they have been suspected through the CCTV footage
(McMahon,2019). This can also provide some evidence to the police officer that they had also
hand touch with Ciara drink which create suspicion of conducting any crime. Ciara is the
primary victim and her friends are the secondary victim who get affected with the crime. This
impact their life and have high negative response their wellbeing and happiness.
Here, victim has taken drink and after feeling not well she try to left the club and leave to
home. This create the risk of not getting safety home because Ciara was not in good condition or
aware about the right situation and due to not able to get the pre booked taxi. And there was no
any friend of Ciara were present to take her home or leave to the pre-booked taxi (Brison,2019).
This can also impact her security and lead to provide chance to the offender to conduct the crime.
In this case through the police investigation, can allow to understand that offender was watching
Ciara which can either be known to her or having the chance that they get influenced to make
some relationship with wrong intention about Ciara. Here, critical victimology includes the
incidence of victimisation which includes the social group in society which lead to point out

about the social group which are structurally more risk of crime. This is the one where people
include victim and responsible for the crime where it is not always right. There are some cases in
which victim initiated such activity but in more cases offender get wrong hint which lead to
create the risk of sexual violence. Here, practice of holding victims can lead to partly responsible
for the misfortune where victim get wrong. Here, offender initiated the hind which lead to create
the risk of sexual violence (Soh,2020).
There are large number population which are related with the sexual offence including
sexual violence. There are about 61,158 offences recording in year 2021 which include different
cases about different cases in which these are related with sexual violence. There are large
number of cases in which rape offence includes England and Wales. During the impact of covid-
19, there are many people who may face difficulty within their home. During Covid-19 impact,
there are large number of population which can lead to create high impact of sexual violence
cases. Due to staying at home which can lead to create high impact where it also leads to
increase the cases of sexual violence about 8%. There are about 37% of sexual offence were
recorded by police. There are large number of domestic violence which is also lead to create the
risk of sexual violence. This can lead to create the large number of cases of sexual violence
which can lead to create high impact on dealing with better and effective cases that are
associated with sexual violence (Kreft,2019).
There is need for the public awareness which can be effective can help large number of
people to get about the sexual violence and its impact. Create awareness through different media
like social media, newspaper, campaign and many more can help to create awareness about the
sexual violence which can influence large number of population about it and its negative impact
on life. This can also help people to reduce the risk of conducting any crime which is a serious
offence. Awareness can also help large number of people about the rights of victim that can lead
to create high impact on dealing with better and effective response towards dealing with proper
care and influence that can reduce the offence.
There are some of the policy which are made for the victim that can help them from the
offender to get safety and include better and effective care and safety from the risk of sexual
violence. There is a policy which include Sexual Misconduct which is a form of sex-based
discrimination which are prohibited by federal laws and state. This include certain behaviour
under policy which can constitute criminal activity (Berger, Searles, & Neuman, 2018).

There are various services has been provided to victim of sexual assault. This include 24-
hour crisis hotline number which are available when individual feel crisis or isolated. This also
include the services where safety and security has been provided against the sexual violence and
their love once. There are also services which can provide counselling and advocacy through
police, medical and legal system for the victim in the process together. There is also services that
provide shelter to the victim after assault or local violence. This can provide safety to the sexual
survival (Sacks, Ackerman, & Shlosberg,2018).
Primary victim relates to direct impacted by the crime where it incorporated financial,
physical, social and psychological consequences. When an individual gets a specifically target
for victimization then it leads to create the risk of getting victimization that include primary,
secondary and tertiary victimization.
Here, primary victimization refers to impersonal target of the offender. This includes
relates to someone who can directly affected by the crime and should get treatment within
criminal justice system. Here, Ciara is the primary victim who have faced the sexual violence.
Secondary victimization includes tends to affect more people in indirect manner where
witness or family of victim face the terror attack. Here, victim also face victimization due to
result of crime committed (Stubbs-Richardson, Rader, & Cosby,2018).
Tertiary victimization is the primary victim who has been directly face the crime which
include sexual violence.
Primary victim includes the direct impact of the crime on the individual. Caira face the
sexual assault or sexual violence on herself where she was not conscious which has been taken
advantage by the offenders. Here, area of concern is taking advantage of Caira in her
unconscious mind.
Secondary victim can include different Cause when due to proper investigation of police
Caira don't want to get complain about the sexual violence because it can impact a personal life
and she was not ready to face different question which can be asked during the investigation.
Here, area of concern is to get safely home without facing different secondary victimization
(Finchilescu, & Dugard,2021).
Tertiary victimization can lead to create risk when offender can threaten Caira to face
such type of violence again or lead to create the tertiary Victimization.

There is need to strictly implement the criminal investigation and legislation which has
been made by government to protect individual and insure to reduce the risk of getting
victimization. In this, through following the Policy and legislation, police should implement in
effectively and take stick action against the offender who conduct crime like a sexual violence.
Through using the legislation Sexual Offence Act 2003, there is need to implement is more
effectively and police should take action against the offender by filing case and ensure that of
offender should get punished according to legal law. There should also provide some services to
the victim that can be effective to make her feel better again and live effectively without any
trauma or fear (Rich, 2019).
Rape can be prejudicial and stereotype which can have believe about the sexual assault.
This can include the raped victim and rapist. There are often served to excuse sexual aggression
towards victim that can create bias criminal prosecution. There are lot of myths about the sexual
assault, rape, sexual abuse and other type of sexual violence which can cause serious harm to an
individual or victim when rape crisis. There are various services offered by different organization
which can help a victim and survive were to get support.
There is various type of myths where individual don't like to create complain against
offender of sexual violence. They think that they need to face secondary victimization. This is
the one in which individual may face difficulty to deal with the situation when investigation the
starts. Here, individual may get various type of question where it can lead to create the risk of
creating evidence that victim is the one who has influence offenders to conduct the sexual
violence. Here, Caira think that due to wearing short dress, it may lead to create the risk of a
getting herself blame about influencing offender for the sexual violence (Milesi, et.al,2020). Due
to wearing short dress Caira think that police will not believe on her about the forced sexual
violence.
There is another myth that victim may face difficulty and get ashamed to live in the
society due to getting raped by any offender. This can influence her not to call her husband and
make a report to the police. Due to facing difficulty to live in the society and feel ashamed due to
victim of sexual offence or sexual violence. Caira did not call her husband and tell about this
which may lead to create a difficulty to continue her normal relationship which may have high
negative impact on her marital life and it may can get ruined due to getting victim of sexual
violence or rape (Henry, 2018).

CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it can be concluding that there are large number of sexual
violence within United Kingdom England and Wales that can lead to create sexual violence
either in their home or outside. These are not tolerable and other should be consideration of some
policy and law that include in the criminal justice system to punished the offender and provide
protection to victim. There is also discussion about supporting survival which includes primary,
secondary and tertiary victimization and area of concern. There is also discussion about purpose
of a strategy for managing case responding to the addressing victim and their need.

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