The Journal of Enargency Medicine. Vol. 36. No. 4. pp. 417-42.1. 2009

The Journal of Enargency Medicine. Vol. 36. No. 4. pp. 417-42.1. 2009 Copyright 0 2009 Elsevier Inc. Primed in the USA. AU neat mewed 0736-1679/09 S-see front flat. doi: I 0.1016/j.jentermed.2007.10.077 Violence: Recognition, Management and Prevention WHY WOMEN DON'T REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT TO THE POLICE: THE INFLUENCE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES AND TRAUMATIC INJURY Jeffrey S. Jones. mo.' Carmen Alexander, SSW Barbara N. Wynn. 'An't Unda Rossman. MSN t and Chris Dunnuck, hISN't 'Spectrum Health Hospital - Butternorth Campus and tYWCA Nurse Examiner Program. Grand Rapids MERC/Mchgan &ate University Program in Emergency Medcine. Grand Rapids. Michigan Repnat Address: Jeffrey S. Jones. MD. Department of Emergency Medcine. Spectrum Health Buttenvorth Campus, 100 Michigan Street NE. Grand Reads. Ml 49503-2560 Abstract-The purpose of this study was to identify the variables that acutely influence reporting practices in fe- male sexual assault victims presenting to an urban clin