Clearinghouse: Date Rape
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Title: About Date Rape
Organization: NSW Attorney-General's Department of Crime Prevention Division
Author(s):
Date Posted: 2002
Link: www.aboutdaterape.nsw.gov.au/
Review: This site has very useful and important information about date rape. It is very interesting because not only does it give information about date rape, but it also provides its readers with stories of date rape victims and how they struggled and dealt with it. This site also provides facts and myths about date rape and how dangerous these myths are. This site also provides information about abuse in relationships. It also explains that abuse is not only physical but also emotional and psychological. It talks about guys as date rape victims too and how it can affect them.
Reviewed by: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
Title: What to Do if You're Raped: Information From Your Family Doctor
Organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
Author(s):
Date Posted: September 15, 1998
Link: www.aafp.org/afp/980915ap/980915b.html
Review: This website is extremely helpful and useful to rape victims because it provides information from a doctor's perspective. It gives readers and victim's professional views about date rape and what needs to be done to protect oneself. This website targets health related problems that people may face when date raped. They also provide information about treatments date rape victims might need and what they might have, like HIV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis etc. They also let you know what you can expect when you go to the emergency room, like a physical exam that will check you for injuries and may also find left behind evidence that may help identify you're attacker.
Reviewed by: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dr. Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
Title: Date Rape Drugs
Organization: ODOS Office of the Dean of Students
Author(s):
Date Posted: last modified October 18, 2001
Link: www.odos.uiuc.edu/women/date_rape_drugs.asp
Review: This site provides pictures and descriptions of date rape drugs and the effects that occur when one is consumed. This site is important because it enables you to recognize various date rape drugs and the harmful effect it has on a person's mental and emotional reasoning. This site also tells you what you can do to protect yourself like never leaving your drink unattended and so on. They also provide locations where date rape drugs are heavily located.
Reviewed By: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dr. Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
Title: Date Rape Drugs
Organization: Men Against Sexual Assault
Author(s):
Date Posted: last modified February 20, 2003
Link: sa.rochester.edu/masa/drugs.php
Review: This site describes date rape drugs as substances which cause a victim to pass out so they cannot resist what is being done, and they will not be able to recall what happened to them either. They explain the most common date rape drugs and why sexual predators like using them. This site gives the scientific name, street name and description of each date rape drug and how they can be used.
Reviewed By: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dr. Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
Title: About Date Rape
Organization: NSW Attorney-General's Department of Crime Prevention Division
Author(s):
Date Posted: 2002
Link: www.aboutdaterape.nsw.gov.au
Review: This site has very useful and important information about date rape. It is very interesting because not only does it give information about date rape, but it also provides its readers with stories of date rape victims and how they struggled and dealt with it. This site also provides facts and myths about date rape and how dangerous these myths are. This site also provides information about abuse in relationships. It also explains that abuse is not only physical but also emotional and psychological. It talks about guys as date rape victims too and how it can affect them.
Reviewed by: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
Title: What to Do if You're Raped: Information From Your Family Doctor
Organization: American Academy of Family Physicians
Author(s):
Date Posted: September 15, 1998
Link: http://www.aafp.org/afp/980915ap/980915b.html
Review: This website is extremely helpful and useful to rape victims because it provides information from a doctor's perspective. It gives readers and victim's professional views about date rape and what needs to be done to protect oneself. This website targets health related problems that people may face when date raped. They also provide information about treatments date rape victims might need and what they might have, like HIV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis etc. They also let you know what you can expect when you go to the emergency room, like a physical exam that will check you for injuries and may also find left behind evidence that may help identify you're attacker.
Reviewed by: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dr. Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
Title: Date Rape Drugs
Organization: ODOS Office of the Dean of Students
Author(s):
Date Posted: last modified October 18, 2001
Link: http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/women/date_rape_drugs.asp
Review: This site provides pictures and descriptions of date rape drugs and the effects that occur when one is consumed. This site is important because it enables you to recognize various date rape drugs and the harmful effect it has on a person's mental and emotional reasoning. This site also tells you what you can do to protect yourself like never leaving your drink unattended and so on. They also provide locations where date rape drugs are heavily located.
Reviewed By: Lola Ajifowobaje from Dr. Dan Lago's Spring 2006 HDFS 129 class
