Preventing sexual assualt: Further reading
Intellectual Disability Rights Service (2000)
Despite the overwhelming evidence that people with intellectual disability regularly become the victims of sexual assault, few cases are prosecuted in New South Wales. As statistics about sexual assault of women with intellectual disability are not consistently collected by the police, the court system or sexual assault services in New South Wales, it is difficult to determine where women ‘drop out' of the prosecution process, and why this occurs.
Crime prevention in residential services for people with disabilities [PDF]
Community Services Commission and Intellectual Disability Rights Service (2001)
This discussion paper covers the following topics:
- people with disability in residential settings
- crimes and abuse within residential settings
- factors that increase the risk of crime and abuse in residential settings
- crime prevention approaches and strategies
- selecting crime prevention approaches and strategies
- conclusions and recommendations.
Intellectually disabled, sex and consent (radio transcript)
ABC Radio National, The Law Report (2007)
This transcript focuses on sex and consent for people with an intellectual disability. A man with Down syndrome is persuaded to have group sex with his three male friends – all have intellectual disability. His parents believe all four men are victims of a failure to teach proper sexual behaviour. They ask: what is the duty of care for managers and staff of supported accommodation?
Case study: Standard of care in relation to male dementia patient with sexualised behaviour [PDF]
New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner (2006)
This case concerns the responses by a nurse manager, a general and a rest home licensee to inappropriate sexual behaviour (including incidents of abuse and possible rape) by a male resident with dementia. It highlights the risks faced by vulnerable residents in rest homes (in particular, people with dementia) in the absence of timely and effective response to incidents of inappropriate behaviour and abuse, particularly where staff become desensitised to such behaviour.