1435 pages, 1830 images, 69 contributors Sexual Assault: Victimization Across the Life Span contains case studies from experts in the field, including photos of STIs, injuries in progressive stages of healing, and similar injuries in different age groups. Special sections include victims with disabilities, assault during incarceration, and cases involving DNA evidence collection, analysis, and prosecution. Emergency room personnel, physicians, EMTs, social service agencies, judges, and law enforcement personnel will find critical information on physical examinations, proper sexual assault documentation, forensic evidence (including DNA analysis), and legal issues. The special sections devoted to the unique problems of sexual victimization of each age group are also invaluable. Edited by a pediatrician, an emergency room physician, a sexual assault nurse examiner, and a gynecologist, this hardbound guide offers the most comprehensive information available.

Angelo Giardino is the medical director of Texas Children's Health Plan, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and an attending physician for the Texas Children's Hospital's forensic pediatrics service at the Children's Assessment Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Giardino completed his residency and fellowship training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Immediately after his fellowship training, Dr. Giardino became the assistant, and then the associate, medical director at Health Partners of Philadelphia, where he had primary responsibility for utilization management, intensive case management, and health care data analysis. He also shared responsibility for the plan's quality improvement program.

1435 pages, 1830 images, 69 contributors
Sexual Assault: Victimization Across the Life Span contains case studies from experts in the field, including photos of STIs, injuries in progressive stages of healing, and similar injuries in different age groups. Special sections include victims with disabilities, assault during incarceration, and cases involving DNA evidence collection, analysis, and prosecution.
Emergency room personnel, physicians, EMTs, social service agencies, judges, and law enforcement personnel will find critical information on physical examinations, proper sexual assault documentation, forensic evidence (including DNA analysis), and legal issues. The special sections devoted to the unique problems of sexual victimization of each age group are also invaluable. Edited by a pediatrician, an emergency room physician, a sexual assault nurse examiner, and a gynecologist, this hardbound guide offers the most comprehensive information available.

Volume I: A Clinical Guide
1. Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
2. Anogenital Anatomy
3. Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse
4. Forensic Evaluations for Sexual Abuse
5. STDs in Sexually Abused Children
6. Differential Diagnosis
7. Screening for Treatment in Boys and Male Adolescents
8. Disability and Sexual Violence
9. Multidisciplinary Teamwork Issues
10. Documentation and Report Formulation
11. Networks and Technologies
12. Overview of Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault
13. Genital Injury and Sexual Assault
14. The Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Victim
15. Forensic Issues in Caring for Adult Victims
16. DNA Evidence in Sexual Assault
17. STDs and Pregnancy Prophylaxis
18. Dating Violence and Acquaintance Rape
19. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape
20. Sexual Assault and Pregnancy
21. Rape and Sexual Abuse in Older Adults
22. Sexual Assault in Correctional Settings
23. Revised Trauma Theory
24. Social Supports
25. Moving Beyond a Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell Approach
26. Caring for the Caregiver
27. SANE-SART History and Role Development
28. The Role of EMS Prehospital Care Providers
29. Law Enforcement Issues
30. The Role of Police as First Responders
31. Legal Issues in Sexual Assault
32. Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases
Volume II: A Color Atlas
1. Infant Sexual Abuse (0-3 Years)
2. Young Child Sexual Abuse (4-8 Years)
3. Pre-adolescent Sexual Abuse (9-12 Years)
4 Adolescent Sexual Abuse and Assault (13-17 Years)
5. Adult Sexual Assault (18-39 Years)
6. Middle-Aged Adult Sexual Assault (40-64 Years)
7. Elderly Sexual Assault (65 and Older)