Factors related to police reporting in Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres : are we underestimating the role of support persons?

Background: Few victims of sexual assault (SA) report to the police. Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres (SACCs) offer holistic care to victims of SA, including the possibility to report to the police on site. This study aims to identify the association of victim-, assailant, victimisation-incident and support characteristics with reporting rates among SA victims attending the Belgian SACCs. Methods: Data on SACC victims were routinely collected in electronic patient files between 25 October 2017 and 31 October 2019. Both unadjusted and adjusted binary logistic regression models were fitted to... Mehr ...