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Police Surgeons and Victims of Rape: Cultures of Harm and Care

“…She lamented a situation where doctors who were 'ignorant of the law' could be heard 'giving evidence in court'. 39 Not only was there little peer review, no professional medical auditing and dismal levels of registration for the two-week diploma in medical jurisprudence, 40 but many police doctors were also not even members of the Association of Police Surgeons, their main professional body. 41 In 1985, only 9 per cent of police surgeons were qualified in medical jurisprudence; 20 per cent had no formal postgraduate hospital training in obstetrics or gynaecology; few had attended any course on forensic instruction and medico-legal procedures.…”