HOW DO I DETERMINE WHETHER A CASE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT WHEN MY CLIENT HAS EXPERIENCED BOTH?
You should consider the primary reason the victim/survivor is seeking services as well as the types of services you provided to the victim/survivor in making this determination. For example: A victim/survivor had a long history of being controlled and verbally abused but didn’t seek services until her estranged partner sexually assaulted her. (She lost her job and was being evicted from her apartment as a result of the emotional trauma of the rape.) In this case, you may want to count her as served under sexual assault as the primary victimization, even though she also had experienced domestic violence.
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