The New York State Department of Health funds 50 agencies which provide rape crisis services and sexual violence prevention education at 72 sites throughout New York State. The programs ensure that victims of rape and sexual assault have access to quality crisis intervention and short-term counseling services, as well as a full range of indicated medical, forensic and support services. These services include:
You may also select your county from an alphabetical list of counties. Note: Hamilton County does not have a program.
Drug facilitated sexual assault is rape or sexual assault facilitated by the use of drugs to incapacitate the victim. The most common drug used to facilitate rape is alcohol, used alone or in combination with other drugs.
The hospital Emergency Department can use a Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault kit to determine if drugs were used to facilitate the rape. It is important to tell hospital personnel if you voluntarily used any drugs, so they can accurately interpret your test results. You will not be prosecuted for the voluntary use of illegal drugs.
All hospitals in New York State are required to provide care to victims of sexual assault in the Emergency Department. New York State Department of Health designated SAFE hospitals provide specialized care to victims of sexual assault.
SAFE hospitals are located across the state, but not in every county: County SAFE Hospital Address Albany Albany Memorial Hospital 600 Northern BoulevardAlbany, NY 12204 Bronx Jacobi Medical Center Social Work Department1400 Pelham ParkwayRoom 1E4South Bronx, NY 10467 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Emergency Department234 E. 149th StreetBronx, NY 10451 North Central Bronx Hospital Social Work Department, Room 14A03,3424 Kossuth AvenueBronx, NY 10467 Broome Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital Inc 169 Riverside DriveBinghamton, New York 13905 Cattaraugus Olean General Hospital 515 Main StreetOlean, NY 14760 Chautauqua Woman's Christian Association (WCA) Hospital 207 Foote AvenueJamestown, NY 14702 Columbia Columbia Memorial Hospital 71 Prospect AvenueHudson, NY 12534 Erie Buffalo General Hospital Emergency Department/SANE Office100 High StreetBuffalo, NY 14203 Erie County Medical Center 462 Grider StreetBuffalo, NY 14215 Kings Coney Island Hospital Emergency Department, Room 1E8B2601 Ocean ParkwayBrooklyn, NY 11235 Kings County Hospital Center Crisis Center Room -S1N30,451 Clarkson AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11203 Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center 760 Broadway, Room 2BC-104Brooklyn, NY 11206 Monroe Rochester General Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department1425 Portland AvenueRochester, NY 14621 Strong Memorial Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Strong Memorial Hospital601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 655Rochester, NY 14642 Nassau Nassau University Medical Center Nassau University Medical Center2201 Hempstead TurnpikeEast Meadow, NY 11554 North Shore University Hospital Emergency Department300 Community DriveManhasset, NY 11030, New York Bellevue Hospital Center 462 First Avenue Room A329New York, NY 10016 Beth Israel Medical Center/Petrie Campus Emergency DepartmentMilton and Caroll Petrie DivisionFirst Avenue at 16th SreetNY, NY 10003 Lenox Hill Healthplex in Greenwich Village North Shore LIJ Health System30 7th AvenueNew York, NY 10011 Mount Sinai Hospital The SAVI ProgramOne Gustave L. Levy Place, Box #1670NY, NY 10029 St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Division Crime Victims Treatment Center411 West 114th Street, Suite 2CNew York, NY 10025 Harlem Hospital Center Emergency Department, Room 2105506 Lenox AveNew York, NY 10037 Metropolitan Hospital Center 1901 First AvenueRoom 2A33New York, NY 10029 New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Presbyterian Center Social Work DepartmentHarkness Pavilion622 West 168th Street 2nd FloorNew York, NY 10032 New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center 525 East 68th Street, Box 143New York, NY 10032 Niagara Eastern Niagara Hospital - Lockport Division 521 East AvenueLockport, NY 14094 Onondaga St. Josephs Hospital Health Center 301 Prospect AvenueSyracuse, NY 13203 University Hospital SUNY Health Science Center 750 East Adams StreetSyracuse, NY 13210 Ontario F. F. Thompson Hospital Emergency Department350 Parrish StreetCanandaigua, NY 14424 Orange St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine70 Dubois StreetNewburgh, NY 12550 Queens Elmhurst Hospital Center Emergency Department,79-01 Broadway, Room B-1-27Elmhurst, NY 11373 Queens Hospital Center 82-68 164th StreetJamaica, NY 11432 Rensselaer Samaritan Hospital Sexual Assault and Crime Victims Assistance Program (SACVAP)2215 Burdett AvenueTroy, NY 12180 Richmond Richmond University Medical Center Emergency Department Room 532355 Bard AvenueStaten Island, NY 10310 St. Lawrence Canton-Potsdam Hospital Emergency Department50 Leroy StreetPotsdam, NY 13676 Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Emergency Department214 King StreetOgdensburg, NY 13669 Massena Memorial Hospital 1 Hospital DriveMassena, NY 13662 Suffolk Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine,1000 Montauk HighwayWest Islip, NY 11795 Peconic Bay Medical Center 1300 Roanoke AvenueRiverhead, NY 11901 University Hospital at Stony Brook 101 Nicolls RoadStonybrook, NY 11794 Westchester The Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center 100 Woods RoadValhalla, NY 10595 Reporting Rape: What to Do If You Are Raped?
Understanding what to do if you are raped is something no one wants to know. However, the steps in reporting rape are important to know in case that worst case scenario ever happens to you.
Knowing what to do if you are raped is critical in order to ensure your safety, preserve evidence and increase the likelihood that the rapist is successfully prosecuted. Even though evidence might be the last thing on your mind directly after a rape, it is something you will likely think about for a long time to come; so taking steps now can help you out in the long run.
Ensuring Your Safety After a Rape
The most important thing to do after a rape is ensure your own safety and get medical attention. The first obvious step is to find a safe environment away from the attacker. This could be your home, car or a hospital. Wherever you choose to go, consider calling a friend to come with you to offer moral support. What has just happened to you is not your fault and you do not need to go through it alone.1
Do not brush your teeth, bathe or change clothes until medical professionals have had a chance to properly collect evidence.
Medical Attention After a Rape
Once you are safe, ensure you get medical attention – whether you feel you have been hurt or not. Call the police or 911. Medical attention will ensure that you are physically okay and can assess the risk for things like sexual transmitted infections and pregnancy. Even if you never intend to report the rape, it's critical to get medical help for your own safety.
Tell the hospital that you have been raped so that they can conduct a rape kit. This ensures that forensic evidence can be properly preserved. If you feel that you may have been drugged, make sure to give a urine sample so that a lab can analyze it for further evidence.
Reporting a Rape
Once your safety is assured and you receive medical attention, writing down the details of the rape is important. It's critical to get as much information down as possible while the memory is fresh.
While this can seem like the last thing you want to do, this can be crucial evidence in prosecuting your rapist; and bringing your attacker to justice may be one of the key steps in your rape recovery efforts. If you aren't sure what to do, it's still best to report now and decide later. Most rape crisis centers have professionals who can help you through the rape reporting process.
It is never too late to report a rape although some prosecutions are barred after a certain number of years, depending on the state. Ideally, a report will be made right after it happens and while medical attention is being given, but days or even months later a rape can still legally be reported and prosecuted.
Remember:
• Attempted rape is still a crime and should be reported• You do not need to be physically injured for it to be rape – most rapes don't result in physical injuries• It is still rape even if you know the attacker• The police take rape very seriously and want to help you• The rape is not your fault. No matter the circumstance, you did nothing wrong.
One final note, many states have victim compensation programs which provide victims money for rape therapy. However, most states require rape victims to report the crime to police in order to qualify for the funds.
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Rohypnol : The Date Rape Drug
Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) -- more casually known as the "date rape" drug -- has become well-known. Though the drug has medicinal purposes, its powerful effects have scarily been used to incapacitate women during sexual assault -- namely, rape.
Besides "date rape" drug, you may have heard Rohypnol referred to by these other names:
Rohypnol is not manufactured or sold legally in the United States. However, it is produced (by Hoffman-La Roche) and sold legally with a prescription in Europe and Latin America, where it is used as a short-term treatment for insomnia, a sedative-hypnotic and a pre-anesthetic.
The drug is often smuggled into the United States by mail or delivery services.
Clonazepam -- a drug used in the treatment of seizures and panic disorder -- is similar. It goes by the brand names Klonopin in the United States, and Rivotril in Mexico.
What Happens When Someone Takes Rohypnol?
Rohypnol has physiological effects similar to Valium (diazepam) but is approximately ten times more potent.
Intoxication is generally associated with impaired judgment and motor skills. The drug has no taste or odor, so those given it don't realize what is happening. About ten minutes after ingesting the drug, a woman may feel dizzy and disoriented, simultaneously too hot and too cold, and/or nauseated.
She may experience difficulty speaking and moving, and then pass out. Effects peak within two hours, and can persist for up to eight hours. Such victims have no memories of what happened while under the drug's influence.
The combination of alcohol and Rohypnol is particularly hazardous; together, their effects on memory and judgment are greater than those experienced when taking one alone.
It is commonly reported that people who become intoxicated on a combination of alcohol and Rohypnol have "blackouts" lasting 8 to 24 hours following ingestion. Losing social inhibitions is another widely reported effect of Rohypnol when taken alone or in combination with alcohol.
What Does the "Date Rape" Drug Look Like?
Rohypnol tablets are white with a score on one side and the word "ROCHE," paired with an encircled one or two (depending on the dosage), on the other. They are sold in pre-sealed bubble packs. Rohypnol can be dissolved in a drink and is undetectable, which makes is a big part of what makes it appealing to criminals looking to drug unsuspecting victims.
What Are the Side Effects?
Adverse effects of Rohypnol use include decreased blood pressure, memory impairment, drowsiness, visual disturbances, dizziness, confusion, gastrointestinal disturbances and urinary retention.
Who Uses Rohypnol and How?
Rohypnol use has been reported on every inhabited continent. It is often used in conjunction with other drugs and is usually ingested orally, though it can be snorted.
It is largely used by adults, although the teen use of Rohypnol is increasing. The most common use among teenagers and young adults is as an alcohol extender -- an attempt to create a dramatic "high," most often in combination with beer -- or as a drug to incapacitate a victim before a sexual assault. The drug's low cost (sold for less than $5 per tablet on the black market) makes it more accessible. But the rise in usage in this age group can also be tied to common misconceptions about the drug, erroneous belief that the drug's pre-sealed packaging means that their supply could not have been adulterated, and a misbelief that the drug cannot be detected by a urine test.
Protecting Yourself From the "Date Rape" Drug
Rohypnol is not the only drug used in cases of violence against women. GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) has also been associated with sexual assault in cities throughout the country. Common names include, "liquid ecstasy", "somatomax", "scoop", or "grievous bodily harm."
To protect yourself from becoming a victim, be aware and stay alert:
If you think that you have been a victim, notify the authorities immediately.
You can find out more about Rohypnol by contacting the National Women's Health Information Center (800-994-9662) or the National Institute on Drug Abuse (888-NIH-NIDA).
Source:
Violence Against Women. Healthywomen.org. http://www.healthywomen.org/healthtopics/violenceagainstwomen.
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