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Three-year Retrospective Study of Forensic and Psychosocial Aspects in Alleged Assailants of Sexual Offences

Veeresh M R , Veeresh M R , Chidananda P S

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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 4(3):p 125-129, . | DOI:
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A 3 year retrospective study was carried out with an aim to describe the assailant demographics, allegations made, assault characteristics, explanation quoted for latency in reporting & hence examination. Twenty two such cases had been examined. Majority (50%) belonged to age group of 20-29 years, 77% were illiterates, all were known to victims; few were under the influence of alcohol and forensic examination didn’t give any supportive evidence probably due to long latency between the alleged act and examination; and the median time gap was 49 days. It appears to us, that laws of rape are being misused.

Key words: Rape, Illiteracy, Latency, Forensic evidence, Misuse of law.

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