青少年遭受性暴力的比例高得惊人,高于任何其他年龄组。这令人担忧,因为性暴力会对青少年的个人和关系福祉产生有害影响,对幸存者造成长期后果。尽管如此,青少年不愿报告袭击事件或寻求服务和资源。当青少年幸存者寻求服务时,他们可以与作为强制记者的提供者互动。这篇范围界定综述试图综合当前基于美国的关于这一角色的研究,挑战,以及强制性报告(MR)在青少年性侵犯背景下的影响。使用与MR相关的关键字进行数据库搜索,性侵犯,青春期确定了29篇同行评审的文章。然而,这些文章都没有报道对兴趣现象的实证调查,而是由案例研究组成,评论,和立场文件。扩大了范围审查,以提供我们对青少年性侵犯和MR交集的了解。审查结果表明,尽管实施广泛,MR政策因人而异,组织,和各州,由于这种变化,历史上一直难以实施,与其他法律冲突,这些政策和提供者价值观之间的紧张关系,和其他因素。根据现有文献,MR在青少年性侵犯中的影响尚不清楚。迫切需要对MR政策的实施和影响进行研究和评估,特别是在青少年和性暴力的背景下。
Adolescents experience alarmingly high rates of sexual violence, higher than any other age-group. This is concerning as sexual violence can have detrimental effects on teens\' personal and relational well-being, causing long-term consequences for the survivor. Still, adolescents are hesitant to report the assault or seek out services and resources. When an adolescent survivor does seek out services, they may interact with a provider who is a mandatory reporter. This scoping review sought to synthesize the current U.S.-based research on the role, challenges, and impact of mandatory reporting (MR) in the context of adolescent sexual assault. Database searches using key words related to MR, sexual assault, and adolescence identified 29 peer-reviewed articles. However, none of these articles reported on empirical investigations of the phenomenon of interest and instead consisted of case studies, commentaries, and position papers. The scoping review was expanded to provide a lay of the land of what we know about the intersection of adolescent sexual assault and MR. Results of the review indicate that though implemented broadly, MR policies vary between individuals, organizations, and states and have historically been challenging to implement due to this variation, conflicts with other laws, tension between these policies and providers\' values, and other factors. Based on the available literature, the impact of MR in the context of adolescent sexual assault is unknown. There is a critical need for research and evaluation on the implementation and impact of MR policies, especially in the context of adolescents and sexual violence.