A study of female sexual offences in the year 2013 at DHQ hospital Dera Ismail Khan. | [Annals of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences • 2014]

Author(s):

1. Ayesha Haider: Federal Medical and Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Sohail Kamran: National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM), Islamabad, Pakistan

3. Jahanzeb Khan: Gomal Medical College, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

4. Shemaila Saleem: Federal Medical and Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

Objective: This study aims at recording results of medical examination and knowing the different aspects of the sexual assault and injury patterns of alleged sexual assault victims along with preserving proper medico-legal evidence. Study Design: Prospective study. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was carried out in the Forensic medicine department district head quarter teaching hospital Dera Ismail Khan from January 2013 to December 2013. Materials and Methods: A consecutive series of 58 cases were examined in the head-to-toe manner including genitals. Victims were referred from emergency department with proper requisition for examination by investigating police officer. After careful medical examination; samples were collected for chemical analysis. Data was analyzed using SPSS. Result: The most affected age group was 11-20 years (63.8 %); cases were of zina bil jabr 37 (63.8%) while zina were 21 (36.2 %). The majority of the victims 34 (58.6%) were married while 24 victims were unmarried (41.4%) Most of the victims were examined on the second day of incident 22 (37.93%) while 18(31%) in the first 24 hours. Only 24 (41.4%) of the victims revealed physical findings of violence on the body. Old Hymen tear was present in 37(63.8%). Conclusion: It was concluded that most of the accused were young with range of 11-20 years

Page(s): 187-192

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Published: Journal: Annals of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Year: 2014

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