A study on the Socio-demographic profile of the victims of sex offences attending the Department of Forensic Medicine of a Tertiary Care Institute of Kolkata, West Bengal

Das, Indrani

doi:10.9790/0853-1144347

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“…Unmarried cases predominated the married ones in our studied victims (83% and 17% respectively). These results are in agreement with, El-Elemi et al, (2011) and Das et al, (2013) who found that the percentage of unmarried female victims was significantly higher than married ones (72.5% and 60.3% respectively). This could be explained by the precautious attitude of married women against any trivial sexual behavior.…”

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“…Most of the studied cases of the present work were from urban areas (63.3%). This finding agrees with El-Elemi et al, (2011), Das et al, (2013) and Sharaf El-Din et al, (2015)who reported high incidence of sexual assault cases from urban areas (95%, 66.7% and 61.5% respectively). On the other hand, Celbis et al, (2006) reported higher percentage of their studied cases of sexual assault in Turkey from rural areas (76.2%).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The highest incidence was observed in ages less than 18 years. Similarly, Das et al, (2013) in their study on sexual assault cases in Kolkata, reported that the most common age group of sexual assault cases ranged between 10-19 years. Sharaf El-Din et al, (2015) reported that 58% of their cases were in the age group from 12 to 18 years.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Victims of sexual S assault are also vulnerable to acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and experiencing unwanted pregnancies (Allsworth et al, 2009;young et al, 2011;Wadsworth and Records, 2013). The mental health sequelae of sexual violence are serious and long lasting (Das et al, 2013).…”

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Pattern of Sexual Assault in Gharbia Governorate during the Period between 2011-2014: Retrospective and Cross Section Study

Sherif¹,

El-Gohary

El-Kelany

et al. 2018

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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Background: Sexual assault is a special type of violence with great effects on the victims. In Egypt, there are no accurate statistical data about sexual assault. Objective: The aim of this work was to study the pattern of sexual assault in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt. Subjects and methods: This study was conducted in Tanta Department of Forensic Institute of Ministry of Justice, Egypt. It included collection of retrospective data during the period from the start of January 2011 to the end of June 2014.Cross section study of sexual assault cases was also done from the start of July 2014 to the end of December 2014.Complete history taking as well as full general and local examination was done for the studied cases. Results and conclusion: Total number of sexual assault cases was 229 over the studied period. The median age of victims was 16 years with interquartile range of 10-21 ranging from 3 to 63 years. Most cases (63.3%) were less than 18 years, 76% of the cases were females, and came from urban areas (63.3%). Unmarried cases constituted 83%. Rape was the most frequent type of assault (41%). Most of the assailants were outside the familial relations to the victims (91.3%), and a single assailant was responsible in 78.6% of the cases. The most common type of physical injury was abrasion (46.75%), whereas the least were bites (1.29%). Most cases (68.6%) were examined within 10 days after the assault; hymnal tear was the commonest injury on vulvovaginal examination (88.4%). Anal examination revealed chronic habit of anal sex in 18.52% of cases. The present study concluded that unmarried females under the age of 18years from urban areas constituted the major victims of sexual assault in Gharbia Governorate. Rape was the commonest reported assault in this study. Logistic regression analysis revealed that age, gender and marital status were good predictors of type of sexual assault. Recommendations: Medico legal examination of sexual assaults should be done as early as possible for the value of collecting evidence. Medical education for the children and their family about methods of protection against sexual assault should be considered.

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Pattern of Sexual Assault in Gharbia Governorate during the Period between 2011-2014: Retrospective and Cross Section Study

Sherif¹,

El-Gohary

El-Kelany

et al. 2018

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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“…Also, the study conducted by Coid et al (2003), which recruited female victims in East London, mentioned that married women were less likely to report rape than unmarried victims [15]. Das et al (2013) also reported that most of the victims of sexual assault (60.3%) were unmarried [16]. Many of the reasons related to the beliefs and culture of the victims of the sexual assaults as reported will cause undesired shame and stigma in the community that will affect their social condition and their psycho-logical state [7].…”

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Medico-legal study of alleged sexual assault cases in Fayoum and Aswan governorates from 2010 -2016: comparative study

Al-Galad

Ghaleb²,

Mohamed³

et al. 2022

Fayoum University Medical Journal

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Introduction:Sexual assault is one of the most annoying crimes, which occur in all cultures, worldwide. That affects the health, reputation, and safety of the victim, particularly, females. Aim of the study:The present study aims to recognize the most susceptible age group to be sexually assaulted and demonstrate physical injuries associated with the assault. Subjects and Methods:The study included 265 alleged sexual assault cases of different age groups. All participants were examined medico-legally in the Fayoum and Aswan Departments of Forensic Institute. We collected the retrospective data during the period starting from January 2010 to the end of December 2016. Results:The socio-demographic data of the sexually assaulted victims of the study showed a statistically significant association between the age and gender of the studied victims of sexual assault in Fayoum and Aswan. Male victims were more likely to be sexually assaulted in the age group <18 years (89.47%). Female cases in the age group (18-40 years old) in Fayoum were more subjected to sexual assault, while those less than (18 years old) in Aswan were more subjected to sexual assault. Conclusion:Evaluation of physical abuse yields solid medico-legal opinion in most cases. In contrast, the nature of genital and anal injuries was more confusing. That raises a lot of uncertainties. Therefore, rapid medico-legal assessment of the victims of sexual crimes along with the cautious interpretation of findings is advisable.

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Natural Sexual Offences;

Arif

Ahmed

Hanif

2018

TPMJ

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Introduction: Globally, rape of women is a serious health, social and religiousconcern and is considered as a violation of women basic human right. Objective: The aim wasto ascertain incidence of natural sexual offence (rape) in Punjab and to analyze the data withrespect to sociodemographic characteristics, findings of medicolegal examination and resultsof evidence collected from victims of sexual assault. Material and Method: This retrospectivestudy was conducted on 148 female victims of rape brought to Forensic Medicine Departmentof King Edward Medical University Lahore, Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore and NishtarMedical College, Multan from January 2012 to December 2013 for medicolegal examination.Details pertaining to socio-demographic profile of the victim, incident, findings of medicalexamination and results of evidence collected were noted. Data was analyzed using SPSSversion 20. Result: The most affected age group was 11-20 years (60.8 %). Majority of victimswere unmarried (70.9%), non- working (79.72%) and of lower socioeconomic class (71.6%) Allwere Muslims (100%). The highest number of victims was examined on the second day (24.3%).31% cases were of gang rape. Majority knew the assailant (45.9%). The commonest place ofoffence was an isolated place (66.2%) Extragenital injuries were seen in 10.8% cases. Hymenwas intact in 3.3% victims. The tears of hymen were old in 77.6% and fresh in 22.3% cases.Semen was detected in 18.2% cases. 1.3% victims were pregnant and 4% were intoxicated.Conclusions: The study highlights the importance of addressing rape as an important healthissue.

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A study on the Socio-demographic profile of the victims of sex offences attending the Department of Forensic Medicine of a Tertiary Care Institute of Kolkata, West Bengal

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Pattern of Sexual Assault in Gharbia Governorate during the Period between 2011-2014: Retrospective and Cross Section Study

Pattern of Sexual Assault in Gharbia Governorate during the Period between 2011-2014: Retrospective and Cross Section Study

Medico-legal study of alleged sexual assault cases in Fayoum and Aswan governorates from 2010 -2016: comparative study

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