DOJ-OGR-00007961.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE** **Document 499-2** **Filed 11/23/21** **Page 93 of 15992** **LBAAMAX3ps** **Rocchio - Direct** **1 about disclosure to formal agencies, you can then compare that with uniform crime reports and look at the statistics for what rate, what percentage, what is the prevalence of these particular crimes being reported to -- through, through the legal system.** **Also, when you're doing the interviews, you can look at asking individuals: and did you disclose, and if so, to whom.** **So there are lots of different studies that can look at disclosure. There's also research that's been done looking at, again, how people tell and, you know, closer in time, not just with adults looking back retrospectively, but times when there's been -- someone has been known to have been abused, and there have been studies that have been done looking at, do they tell or not. I referred earlier to the study of very young children who had presented with sexually transmitted diseases, for example, who were later asked about their experiences, and you can look at, in real time, studies of what they say and to whom.** **THE COURT: Ms. Pomerantz, let's move to the next opinion.** **BY MS. POMERANTZ:** **Q. Dr. Rocchio, does childhood sexual abuse create higher risks for victims?** **A. Yes, it does.** **SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.** **(212) 805-0300** **DOJ-OGR-00007961**