Sexual assault by a known assailant was more likely to occur in the home of the victim (chi 2 = 36.27, 1 df, p < 0.001) or the assailant (chi 2 = 8.46, 1 df, p < 0.005), whereas sexual assault by a stranger was more likely to occur outdoors (chi 2 = 89.80, 1 df, p < 0.001) or in a vehicle (chi 2 = 32.81, 1 df, p < 0.001). Assailants who were strangers were more likely to assault the victim more than once (t = -2.42, 355 degrees of freedom, p < 0.05), force the victim to perform fellatio (chi 2 = 8.63, 1 df, p < 0.005), use weapons (chi 2 = 12.01, 1 df, p < 0.001) and use physical coercion (chi 2 = 4.42, 1 df, p < 0.05), whereas assailants who were known to the victims were more likely to assault a woman who was sleeping or drugged (chi 2 = 10.38, 1 df, p < 0.005). In 344 cases the person was known more than 24 hours 99 (28.8%) were current or previous boyfriends or spouses. Sexual assault by a person known to the victim accounted for 456 (67.4%) of the assaults reported. 30, 1993, and for whom the victim-assailant relationship was known.Īssailant's relationship to victim, sex of assailant, number of assailants, number, type and location of assaults, use of weapons, type of coercion and extent of physical trauma or injury. Sexual Assault Care Centre, Women's College Hospital, Toronto.Īll 677 women who presented to the centre between June 1, 1991, and Sept.
To examine the characteristics of sexual assaults by strangers and those by people known to the victims in an urban community-based population of women.
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