The Sounds of Silence: Making Sense of the Absence of Domestic Violence Victims Help Seeking During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Increased concern was raised globally at the outbreak of COVID-19 that victims of domestic violence would be even more at risk when isolated with a violent partner and out of reach of support due to restrictions. Swedish staff in violence against women services prepared for increased calls for help. Instead, a worrying silence arose in a time and place of high uncertainty.

Sexual coercion experience and sexually coercive behavior: a population study of Swedish and Norwegian male youth.

The authors tested the hypothesis that experiencing sexual coercion and engaging in sexually coercive behavior are positively associated in a representative sample totaling almost 4,000 Swedish or Norwegian male high school students (estimated response rate 80%). In both surveys, youths who had experienced sexual coercion were approximately three times more likely to engage in sexually coercive behavior than those without such experience (10%-12% vs. 4%).

Sexually coercive behavior in male youth: population survey of general and specific risk factors.

Little is known about risk/protective factors for sexually coercive behavior in general population youth. We used a Swedish school-based population survey of sexual attitudes and experiences (response rate 77%) and investigated literature-based variables across sexually coercive (SEX), non-sexual conduct problem (CP), and normal control (NC) participants to identify general and specific risk/protective factors for sexual coercion. Among 1,933 male youth, 101 (5.

Female youth who sexually coerce: prevalence, risk, and protective factors in two national high school surveys.

Introduction: Sexual coercion is recognized as a serious societal problem. Correlates and risk factors of sexually abusive behavior in females are not well known.

Aim: Etiological theory and empirical study of female perpetrators of sexual coercion are usually based on small or highly selected samples.

Adolescent sexual offenders: a total survey of referrals to Social Services in Sweden and subgroup characteristics.

Sampling methodology (e.g. population-based vs.