Severity of injuries among sexual assault victims

Alempijević, Đjorđje; Savić, Slobodan; Pavlekic, Snezana; Ječmenica, Dragan

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.08.008

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“…Studies that sought to profile the prevalence and/or type of victim injury [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] 2. Studies that sought to compare victim injury across different populations (e.g.…”

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“…In 6 papers, the research study was described as having been based in a hospital setting without further specification of the study environment [3-5, 13, 21, 22]. In one study the setting was not clearly described [1].…”

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“…In a number of studies there was inherent inconsistency between the grades of examining clinicians. For example, in one study the examining clinicians were "mostly gynaecologists", however "in a few cases was a specialist in forensic medicine involved" [1], and in another study the examinations were performed by the "gynaecologic, urologic, surgical or psychiatric resident on duty in the ED, under the guidance of responsible staff" [7]. The term "responsible staff" was not explained in the publication.…”

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“…The reported prevalence of genital injury in that study was 41.8%. Another study is not included on table 2 because genital examination findings were not reported in the research article [1].…”

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Heterogeneity of existing research relating to sexual violence, sexual assault and rape precludes meta-analysis of injury data

Kennedy

2013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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CitationHeterogeneity of existing research relating to sexual violence, sexual assault and rape precludes meta-analysis of injury data. 2013, 20 (5) AbstractIn order for medical practitioners to adequately explain to the court the findings of their clinical examinations of victims of sexual violence, they must have access to research data which will place their findings in to context. Unfortunately, existing research has reported a very wide range of injury prevalence data. This papers aims to provide an explanation for this wide variation in results and, furthermore, this paper aims to establish if it is possible to carry out a meta-analysis of existing research data, pertaining to the prevalence of injury after sexual assault. It is suggested that pooling of individual study results may allow statistically robust determination of the true prevalence of injury in victims of sexual violence. It is concluded that heterogeneity in research methodology, between existing research studies, is responsible for the broad range of reported prevalence rates. Finally, this heterogeneity is seen to preclude robust meta-analysis.

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Heterogeneity of existing research relating to sexual violence, sexual assault and rape precludes meta-analysis of injury data

Kennedy

2013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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“…According to the current literature [2][3][4], one in five women will experience sexual violence and one in ten women will be the victim of rape at least once in a lifetime. In the USA, 20% of women and 5-10% of men experience sexual violence [5].…”

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Analysis of clinical forensic examination reports on sexual assault

Jänisch¹,

Meyer²,

Germerott

et al. 2010

Int J Legal Med

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Medical-forensic examination of sexual assault victims and alleged offenders is a common task of many forensic institutes. In the current study, the results from samples taken at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Hanover Medical School, during a period from 2005 to 2007 were retrospectively evaluated. In total, 292 victims (283 females and nine males) and 88 suspects were examined. At the time of the assault, 41.8% of the victims and 43.2% of the alleged perpetrators were under the influence of alcohol. Injuries were found in 84.9% of the victims and 39.8% of the suspects. Thirty victims (10.3%) reported having been choked or strangled. Cytology was performed in 218 victims. In 81 cases (38.0%), sperm could be detected in vaginal swabs up to 3 days post-assault. In seven (18.9%) out of 37 anal samples, evidence of sperm could be found 24 h post-assault. None of 22 oral samples was positive for sperm. Out of 301 sexual assault cases, 171 could be proved by means of medical-forensic examination. In summary, our evaluation shows that an early medical-forensic examination of both victim and suspect can secure numerous medical findings. Furthermore, persons intoxicated by alcohol, handicapped persons and persons with psychiatric disorders are more vulnerable to become a sexual assault victim.

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