The relationship of victim injury to the progression of sexual crimes through the criminal justice system

Kennedy, Kieran M.

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2012.04.033

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“…This finding highlights the importance of ensuring all those who are involved in these cases, including medical professionals, legal professionals and police officers are all aware that injury is absolutely not a necessary outcome of sexual violence. The significance of this issue has recently been highlighted in the literature [27].…”

Section: Heterogeneity Of Existing Researchmentioning

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“…It is however known that injury in itself significantly influences decision making at various stages of the criminal justice system from the decision to report to the decision to sentence [27]. Thus it is recommended that further primary observational research, with a clear focus upon collecting injury data, should be carried out.…”

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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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“…A few studies have investigated the impact of results obtained at a forensic clinical examination (FCE) on legal outcomes in cases of rape [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Results have varied, and no specific pattern of impact has been demonstrated.…”

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The significance of the forensic clinical examination on the judicial assessment of rape complaints – developments and trends

Kjærulff

Bonde

Astrup

2019

Forensic Science International

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Highlights  The Prosecution Service found a forensic clinical examination of the victim important for the legal process in 49% of cases of sexual assault.  A forensic examination of the perpetrator is associated with laying of charges and a guilty verdict.  The decision not to prosecute was significantly more often aided by the forensic examination of victim and/or perpetrator in cases of 'conflicting explanations', uncooperative victims and if the perpetrator denied intercourse.  The prosecution services' use of a forensic clinical examination of victim and perpetrator has been significantly more frequent in recent years.

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“…Poor quality or insufficient forensic medical evidence has been identified as a common barrier to the prosecution of sexual assault cases (6). Although sexual assault does not always result in injury (7, 8), the presence of injury has been found to influence decisions at all stages of the legal process including investigation, prosecution, conviction, and sentencing; even minor injury may be of significance depending on the nature of a case (9).…”

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Sexual Assault: Forensic Examination in the Living and Deceased

Lincoln¹

2018

Academic Forensic Pathology

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The forensic examination of a person suspected of having been sexually assaulted encapsulates the breadth of forensic medicine possibly more completely than any other situation in forensic practice. Whether in the living or deceased, detection of injury and biological material to support or exclud e sexual activity requires a careful, methodical approach to ensure robust evidentiary value and an understanding of genito-anal anatomy and sexual physiology to interpret its significance for the courts. This paper is not intended as an exhaustive guideline but aims to provide a general overview of the key components of forensic sexual assault examination highlighting the common and different aspects in living and deceased persons.

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The relationship of victim injury to the progression of sexual crimes through the criminal justice system

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

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

The significance of the forensic clinical examination on the judicial assessment of rape complaints – developments and trends

Sexual Assault: Forensic Examination in the Living and Deceased

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