St. Peter’s Crime Victim Services’ prevention education program teaches local schoolchildren important safety lessons in a story featured on WTEN/News10. […]
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, a good time to remember that child abuse is only preventable with the help of an entire community. […]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. There is one simple way you can help protect your own children – teach them the anatomically correct names for their body parts. […]
One in 3 women and 1 in 6 men in the United States report that they have experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives. Fortunately, help for victim/survivors of sexual assault is available. […]
Lindsey Crusan-Muse, director of St. Peter’s Crime Victim Services, appeared on WTEN/News10 to talk about SPHP’s free virtual support groups, which she says have been a great help to those who are struggling. […]
The Sexual Assault and Crime Victims Assistance Program for Rensselaer County (SACVAP) at Samaritan Hospital – in partnership with a host of area police and law enforcement agencies, county services agencies, and community organizations – today unveiled “Enough Abuse Rensselaer County,” a new educational campaign aimed at preventing child sexual abuse. The campaign is the first-of-its-kind in the greater Capital Region. According to the American Medical Association, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men report having been sexually abused in childhood, almost always by someone they know, trust, or love. It is estimated there are 39 million Americans living today who have been victims of child sexual abuse, 13 million of whom are still children. “Child sexual abuse is a public health problem,” said Lindsey Crusan, director of the SACVAP at Samaritan Hospital. “All of the partnering agencies here today recognize that by coming together and taking a stand, we can send the strongest message yet that child sexual abuse is not acceptable in our community. We are dedicated to educating and engaging […]
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