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Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault Handbook

6th Edition | Reference List

For any questions regarding Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault Handbook references, please connect directly with the Provincial Services staff by emailing programsupport@endingviolence.org. 

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  1. Reid, T. A., Kynn, J., Smith-Darden, J. P., & McCauley, H. L. (2024). Resilience in the context of sexual violence: A scoping review. Journal of Family Violence, 39, 913–929. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00571-1
  2. Eubanks, T. (2022, April 29). “When does resilience turn into epistemic injustice?” An interview with Renada Goldberg. Simmons University. https://www.simmons.edu/news/when-does-resilience-turn-epistemic-injustice-interview-renada-goldberg
  3. Weaver, H. N. (Ed.). (2022). The Routledge international handbook of Indigenous resilience. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Indigenous-Resilience/Weaver/p/book/9780367499723  
  4. Figley, C. R. (Ed.). (1995). Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203777381 
  5. McCann, I. L., & Pearlman, L. A. (1990). Vicarious traumatization: A framework for understanding the psychological effects of working with victims. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 3(1), 131–149. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00975140 
  6. Maier, S. L. (2024). Keepers of trauma: Rape victim advocates’ secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and coping techniques. Violence Against Women, 30(14), 3751–3775. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231182414
  1. Government of British Columbia. (2024, February 14). Address sexual harassment. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/careers-myhr/all-employees/working-with-others/address-a-respectful-workplace-issue/address-sexual-harassment
  2. Cotter, A., & Savage, L. (2019). Gender-based violence and unwanted sexual behaviour in Canada, 2018: Initial findings from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00017-eng.pdf
  3. Statistics Canada. (2019). Table 7 Violent victimization since aged 15, by type of victimization, gender of victim, and province, 2018 [Data table]. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00017/tbl/tbl07-eng.htm
  4. Statistics Canada. (2022). A comprehensive portrait of police-reported crime in Canada, 2021. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220802/dq220802a-eng.htm?HPA=1
  5. Cotter, A., & Savage, L. (2019). Gender-based violence and unwanted sexual behaviour in Canada, 2018: Initial findings from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00017-eng.pdf
  6. Statistics Canada. (2020). Sexual minority people almost three times more likely to experience violent victimization than heterosexual people.  https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200909/dq200909a-eng.htm
  7. Cotter, A. (2019). Criminal victimization in Canada, 2019. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2021001/article/00014-eng.htm
  8. Conroy, S., & Cotter, A. (2017). Self-reported sexual assault in Canada, 2014. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/14842-eng.htm
  9. Conroy, S., & Cotter, A. (2017). Self-reported sexual assault in Canada, 2014. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/14842-eng.htm
  10. Gaetz, S., O’Grady, B., Kidd, S., & Schwan, K. (2016). Without a home: The national youth homelessness survey. Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press. https://homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/WithoutAHome-final.pdf
  11. Rotenberg, C. (2017). Police-reported sexual assaults in Canada, 2009 to 2014: A statistical profile. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/54866-eng.htm
  12. Cotter, A., & Savage, L. (2019). Gender-based violence and unwanted sexual behaviour in Canada, 2018: Initial findings from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces. Statistics Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/85-002-x/2019001/article/00017-eng.pdf 
  13. Statistics Canada. (2021). In 2020, one in four women and one in six men reported having experienced inappropriate sexualized behaviours at work in the previous year. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210812/dq210812b-eng.htm
  14. Doolittle, R. (2017, February 3). Unfounded: Why police dismiss 1 in 5 sexual assault claims as baseless. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/investigations/unfounded-sexual-assault-canada-main/article33891309/
  15. Lussier, P., McCuish, E., & Corrado, R. (2021). Psychopathy and the prospective prediction of adult offending through age 29: Revisiting the unfulfilled promises of developmental criminology. Journal of Criminal Justice, 80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101770
  16. Campbell, R., Pierce, S. J., Sharma, D., Feeney, H., Goodman-Williams, R., & Ma, W. (2019). Serial sexual assaults: A longitudinal examination of offending patterns using DNA evidence. Office of Justice Programs. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/252707.pdf
  17. Barley, A. (2021, March 11). Trauma and the fawning response: The dark side of people-pleasing. The Dawn Wellness Centre and Rehab Thailand. https://thedawnrehab.com/blog/trauma-and-the-fawning-response/
  18. Government of Canada. (2023). The impact of trauma on adult sexual assault victims. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/trauma/p3.html
  19. Government of Canada. (2023). The impact of trauma on adult sexual assault victims. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/trauma/p3.html
  20. de la Torre Laso, J. (2024). The reality of tonic immobility in victims of sexual violence: “I was paralyzed, I couldn’t move.” Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(2), 1630–1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231191232
  21. de la Torre Laso, J. (2024). The reality of tonic immobility in victims of sexual violence: “I was paralyzed, I couldn’t move.” Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(2), 1630–1637. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231191232
  22. Gbahabo, D. D., & Duma, S. E. (2024). I did not scream. i could not; i was terrified. i just followed them. . .i blocked my mind. then they all raped me: A narrative inquiry on the onset of tonic immobility among women rape victims in Nigeria. PLoS ONE, 19(2), e0278810. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278810
  23. Magalhaes, A. A., Gama, C. M. F., Gonçalves, R. M., Portugal, L. C. L., David, I. A., Serpeloni, F., Wernersbach Pinto, L., Assis, S. G., Avanci, J. Q., Volchan, E., Figueira, I., Vilete, L. M. P., Luz, M. P., Berger, W., Erthal, F. S., Mendlowicz, M. V., Mocaiber, I., Pereira, M. G., & de Oliveira, L. (2021). Tonic immobility is associated with PTSD symptoms in traumatized adolescents. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 14, 1359–1369. https://doi.org/10.2147/prbm.s317343
  24. Moor, A., & Farchi, M. (2011). Is rape-related self blame distinct from other post traumatic attributions of blame? A comparison of severity and implications for treatment. Women & Therapy, 34(4), 447–460. https://doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2011.591671 
  25. Shin, H. J., & Salter, M. (2022). Betrayed by my body: Survivor experiences of sexual arousal and psychological pleasure during sexual violence. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 6(3), 581–595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/239868021X16430290699192 
  26. Morber, J. (2013, May 31). What science says about arousal during rape. Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/science-arousal-during-rape/
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  28. Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women Newfoundland and Labrador. (2023). Annual report 2022–2023. https://pacsw.ca/site/uploads/2023/11/PACSWNL-2022-23-Annual-Report-Cumulative.pdf 
  29. Tavcer, D. S., & Dobkins, V. (2023). Sexual violence policies and sexual consent education at Canadian post-secondary institutions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003332671 
  30. Tavcer, D. S., & Dobkins, V. (2023). Sexual violence policies and sexual consent education at Canadian post-secondary institutions. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003332671 
  31. Fahlberg, A., & Pepper, M. (2016). Masculinity and sexual violence: Assessing the state of the field. Sociology Compass, 10(8), 673–683. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12397 
  32. Jewkes, R., Morrell, R., Hearn, J., Lundqvist, E., Blackbeard, D., Lindegger, G., Quayle, M., Sikweyiya, Y., & Gottzén, L. (2015). Hegemonic masculinity: Combining theory and practice in gender interventions. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 17(sup2), 112–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2015.1085094
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  34. Tasker, J. P. (2016, February 18). RCMP’s recent history of harassment, abuse and discrimination. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-sexual-harassment-history-1.3453413 
  35. Vancouver Sun. (2024, June 19). Public hearing called for VPD sergeant accused of sexual misconduct by officers and students. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/public-hearing-vpd-sergeant-accused-sexual-misconduct-officers-students 
  36. Kimmel, M. (2018). Guyland: The perilous world where boys become men. Harper Perennial.  
  37. Quinlan, E., Quinlan, A., Fogel, C., & Taylor, G. (2017). Sexual violence at Canadian universities: Activism, institutional responses, and strategies for change. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.  
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  41. Vescera, Z. (2024, January 11). Migrant farmworker’s sexual assault allegations shine light on a wider issue. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/11/Migrant-Farmworker-Sexual-Assault/ 
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  48. Patterson, J. (2016). Queering sexual violence: Radical voices from within the anti-violence movement. Riverdale Avenue Books.  
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  53.  Jordan, L. S. (2021). Belonging and otherness: The violability and complicity of settler colonial sexual violence. Women & Therapy, 44(3–4), 271–291. https://doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2021.1961434
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  1. Disability Alliance BC. (2016). Right to be safe: Creating inclusive services for women with disabilities experiencing violence. https://disabilityalliancebc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rtbsguideupdate.pdf
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