Psycho-legal challenges facing the mentally retarded rape victim

South African Journal of Psychiatry

 
 
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Title Psycho-legal challenges facing the mentally retarded rape victim
 
Creator Calitz, Frikkie J W
 
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Description Persons with mental retardation face multiple emotional, cognitive and social challenges. Mental health professionals increasingly agree that individuals with mental disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitation than the general population. They are in particularly exposed to peril due to their often life-long dependence on caregivers, relatively powerless position in society, emotional and social insecurities, and lack of education regarding sexuality and sexual abuse. Shortcomings and discrepancies in the medical and legal definition of mental retardation, making the position of such individuals even more difficult, are discussed in this paper.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2011-09-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v17i3.280
 
Source South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 17, No 3 (2011); 5 2078-6786 1608-9685
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Frikkie J W Calitz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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