ABSTRACT
A review of the domestic scientific literature concerning forensic medical aspects of the girls' pubertal development is presented. The interplay of various social factors is shown to influence the rate of sexual maturation and the age at which puberty begins. Racial differences of these parameters are demonstrated. It is concluded that they need to be further studied and taken into consideration in forensic medical evaluation of the time of sexual maturity.
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Asian People , Sexual Maturation/physiology , White People , Adolescent , Adult , Anthropometry , Female , Forensic Anthropology , Humans , Male , Russia , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
The article presents the analysis of forensic medical expert practice in the field of sexual abuse. Drawbacks in expert examinations, official decisions on such examinations, low expertise of forensic medical personnel in sexual crime, lack of tools for genital and anal examination are analysed and methods of correction of this situation are proposed.
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Expert Testimony , Forensic Pathology , Rape , Wounds and Injuries/pathology , Anal Canal/injuries , Anal Canal/pathology , Female , Genitalia, Female/injuries , Genitalia, Female/pathology , Genitalia, Male/injuries , Genitalia, Male/pathology , Humans , Male , Rape/diagnosis , Rape/legislation & jurisprudenceSubject(s)
Forensic Medicine/methods , Genitalia/pathology , Sex Offenses , Child , Child Abuse, Sexual , Female , Humans , Male , Physical Examination , RapeABSTRACT
Published data on sexual maturity of women in the North are reviewed. The authors analyze the findings of their studies and the anthropometric parameters of sexual maturity recorded in Regulations of Forensic Medical Obstetrical and Gynecological Expert Evaluations (1966) and find essential differences in the values of some parameters as regards the population of the Russian European North. The authors propose revision of the current Regulations in order to define regional standards.
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Forensic Medicine/methods , Sexual Maturation , Adolescent , Adult , Anthropometry , Female , Gynecology/methods , Humans , Obstetrics/methods , Russia , Sexual Maturation/physiology , Socioeconomic FactorsABSTRACT
The criminological and victim sides of sexual abuse crimes in Archangelsk are analyzed and the data are compared with the data for Russia and for St. Petersburg. Seasonal patterns of rapes and violations and the most vulnerable age of victims have been determined. Flaws in the resolutions on expert evaluations in cases with social abuse are analyzed.
