RT Article
T1 Why Young Women Who Use Opioids Are at Risk for Rape: The Impact of Social Vulnerabilities and Sexually Coercive Drug Using Contexts
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 5
SP 1035
OP 1052
A1 Jessell, Lauren
A2 Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro
A2 Guarino, Honoria
A2 Fong, Chunki
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1883037808
AB This study tests a theoretically informed model to understand why women who use opioids (WWUO) are at risk of rape while using drugs. Structured interviews were conducted with 168 WWUO. Three domains were hypothesized to increase risk: the sexually coercive context of drug use, women's social vulnerability, and drug use severity. Logistic regression examined the odds of being raped by domain. One-third of WWUO had been raped while using drugs. The sexually coercive context and social vulnerability domains significantly increased women's odds of being raped. Prevention efforts should target social and contextual factors.
K1 Drug use
K1 Rape
K1 Young women
K1 Opioid use
K1 Sexual Violence
DO 10.1177/10778012221137921