Majeed-Ariss, R, Walker, T, Lee, P et al. (1 more author) (2019) The Experiences of Sexually Assaulted People Attending Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre for a Forensic Medical Examination. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 66. pp. 33-37. ISSN 1752-928X
Abstract
This study aims to explore the experiences of people who have attended Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) for a forensic medical examination (FME). Within the United Kingdom, SARCs support complainants following a sexual assault, delivering specialised care and gathering medico-legal evidence for court proceedings. To date, there has been limited research evaluating SARCs responses towards complainants. 863 Feedback and Evaluation forms, from a three-year period, completed by clients who accessed Saint Mary’s SARC’s forensic medical examination service were evaluated. Descriptive statistical analysis found a large majority of clients were ‘very satisfied’ with the crisis worker, forensic physician and police. Content analysis of the free text responses found more nuanced experiences, which impacted clients overall experience within the SARC. These comments were split into two themes, ‘Compliments’ and ‘Suggestions for improvement’. There were 404 comments focusing on compliments of the service and the staff. Compliments included messages of thanks, with praise for professionalism of the staff and importance of the service. Clients noted in particular that the FME service was delivered in challenging circumstances i.e. the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. There were 34 comments which made suggestions for improvements. These suggestions focused on pragmatic and logistic issues.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | service delivery; service evaluation; rape; sexual violence; sexual abuse; sexual assault |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Nursing Mental Health (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2019 11:25 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jflm.2019.06.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147772 |
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