Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To describe the frequency of genital and anal injury and associated demographic and assault characteristics in women alleging sexual assault. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC), Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS:Total of 1266 women attending SARC from Jan-2009 to Mar-2015. METHODS:Women underwent a standardised data collection procedure by forensically trained doctors. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:(1) Frequency of genital and anal injuries by type of sexual assault. (2) Identification of independent factors associated with genital and anal injuries following, respectively, completed vaginal and anal penetration. RESULTS:Genital injury was observed in 24.5% of all women with reported completed vaginal penetration; in a subset with no prior sexual intercourse 52.1% had genital injury. Genital injury was more likely with no prior sexual intercourse (adjusted odds ratio [adj. OR] 4.4, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 2.4-8.0), multiple types of penetrants (adj. OR 1.5, 95%CI 1.0-2.1), if general body injury present and less likely with sedative use and delayed examination. Anal injury, observed in 27.0% of reported completed anal penetrations, was more likely with multiple types of penetrants (adjusted OR 5.0, 95%CI 1.2-21.0), if general body injury present and less likely with delayed examination. CONCLUSION:This study separately quantifies the frequency of both genital and anal injuries in sexually assaulted women. Genital injuries were absent in a large proportion of women regardless of prior vaginal intercourse status. It is anticipated that findings will better inform the community, police and medico-legal evidence to the criminal justice system.
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Forensic Sci Intjournal_title
Forensic science internationalauthors
Zilkens RR,Smith DA,Phillips MA,Mukhtar SA,Semmens JB,Kelly MCdoi
10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.03.013subject
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2017-06-01 00:00:00pages
195-202eissn
0379-0738issn
1872-6283pii
S0379-0738(17)30114-7journal_volume
275pub_type
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