EFTA00026937.pdf

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April 21, 2021 Call with Dr. 
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Dr. Rocchio's training is over the course of her career, not just in graduate school. The 
topics included traumatic stress (the effects of trauma), and clinical as well as forensic 
psychology. 
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Dr. Rocchio has written about, presented, and conducted numerous trainings on the 
assessment and treatment of trauma. 
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Dr. Rocchio also trains psychiatric residents at Brown in treating trauma survivors. 
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Dr. Rocchio's testimony is based on her education as well as her training, experience, and 
research. 
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Saying that victims are "susceptible" puts the onus on victims. It is more accurate to say 
that individuals or victims are "targeted." 
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Sexual abuse of minors frequently occurs through the use of manipulation or coercion in 
the context of an established relationship that is developed over time rather than through 
the use of forcible rape. 
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It's not fair to say that the presence of women can "especially" facilitate the sexual abuse 
of minors. Abusers might use all sorts of other people. 
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Victims are often subject to a strategic pattern of behaviors that can take a variety of forms 
and function to obscure the nature of the abuse and to build trust and attachment with their 
abuser. That relationship of trust and attachment, in turn, can prevent victims from being 
aware that what they are experiencing is abuse and can prevent disclosure. Minor victims 
may therefore not identify what's happening as abusive at the time or during the course of 
the abuse and may not recognize the consequences of that abuse until adulthood. 
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Most sexual assaults go unreported and disclosures are often made long after the incident. 
Nondisclosure, incremental disclosure, and secrecy are common among victims of sexual 
abuse for a variety of reasons, which can include fear, shame, humiliation, fear of not being 
believed, and fear of retaliation. 
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Re memory: memory for and disclosure of traumatic/abusive events is impacted by a 
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