SHARP Class Module 2 Exam
Why victims may not come forward - ✔️✔️- I cannot betray my unit or battle buddies
- I will be removed from my unit
- I will wait to return from deployment
- After this is out, they will never look at me the same
- If i don't say anything, it will pass
- Investigation takes too long
- My peers will pressure me to recant
- 'they' will never believe me
- stigma and shame
- Unaware of services that may be available
Common misconceptions (myths) - ✔️✔️- sexual assault means only penile/vagina
penetration
- a true victim is one who sustains serious injuries
- a victim would tell law enforcement immediately
- sexual assault by someone you know is less traumatic than a stranger
- there is no such thing as marital sexual assault
- men can't be raped or sexually assaulted
- you cannot blame a person if they're drunk
- strangers commit most sexual assaults
- only gay men are sexually assaulted
- only gay men sexually assault other men
Victim blaming - ✔️✔️- holding the victims of crime entirely or partially responsible for
sexual assault
- blaming individuals for their personal troubles or for social difficulties
- not blaming the other people involved or the larger social system in place
Victim recovery (assistance) - ✔️✔️- adaptive understanding of self, world, and trauma
- acceptance of change (this is the biggest)
- finding balance
What is consent - ✔️✔️a freely given agreement to the conduct at issue by a
competent person
Phases of civilian justice system (7) - ✔️✔️1. law enforcement
2. prosecution
3. judiciary
4. probation
Why victims may not come forward - ✔️✔️- I cannot betray my unit or battle buddies
- I will be removed from my unit
- I will wait to return from deployment
- After this is out, they will never look at me the same
- If i don't say anything, it will pass
- Investigation takes too long
- My peers will pressure me to recant
- 'they' will never believe me
- stigma and shame
- Unaware of services that may be available
Common misconceptions (myths) - ✔️✔️- sexual assault means only penile/vagina
penetration
- a true victim is one who sustains serious injuries
- a victim would tell law enforcement immediately
- sexual assault by someone you know is less traumatic than a stranger
- there is no such thing as marital sexual assault
- men can't be raped or sexually assaulted
- you cannot blame a person if they're drunk
- strangers commit most sexual assaults
- only gay men are sexually assaulted
- only gay men sexually assault other men
Victim blaming - ✔️✔️- holding the victims of crime entirely or partially responsible for
sexual assault
- blaming individuals for their personal troubles or for social difficulties
- not blaming the other people involved or the larger social system in place
Victim recovery (assistance) - ✔️✔️- adaptive understanding of self, world, and trauma
- acceptance of change (this is the biggest)
- finding balance
What is consent - ✔️✔️a freely given agreement to the conduct at issue by a
competent person
Phases of civilian justice system (7) - ✔️✔️1. law enforcement
2. prosecution
3. judiciary
4. probation
