The Interplay Between Poly-Victimization and Sexual Assault in Late Life in the Context of Life Course Perspective

Sagit Lev; Dovrat Harel; Hadass Goldblatt; Tova Band-Winterstein

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The Interplay Between Poly-Victimization and Sexual Assault in Late Life in the Context of Life Course Perspective

Sagit Lev, Dovrat Harel, Hadass Goldblatt, Tova Band-Winterstein

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The aim of this article is to explore the interplay between poly-victimization and sexual assault against women in late life (SAWLL) according to the life-course perspective. Two themes emerged from qualitative interviews with 18 experienced welfare and health care professionals who intervened in cases of SAWLL: sexual assault by a spouse co-occurring with other types of abuse within marital relationships, and sexual assault and other types of abuse by two or more perpetrators along the life course. In many cases, SAWLL is an expression of a broader experience of poly-victimization, which relates to vulnerability in old age.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1282-1301
Number of pages	20
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211012092
State	Published - Apr 2022

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Israel Science Foundation (ISF), grant number 463/17.

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Keywords

life-course perspective
poly-victimization
sexual assault

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Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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