Sexual offences Flashcards
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define Sexual offences
Sexual offences are acts of sexual intercourse with a second person or an animal to obtain sexual gratification.
types of SEXUAL OFFENCES
1-Natural sexual offences 2-Unnatural sexual offences
I- Natural sexual offences types
-Rape -Incest
Rape is
the unlawful sexual intercourse with a female without her consent
Incest is
sexual intercourse by a man with a woman whose their degree of blood relationship prohibits their marriage e.g. mother, daughter, sister or grand-daughter.
Unlawful Means
outside the marriage bond . A husband cannot be charged with rape against his wife even if the act is by force against her will as she cannot retract the implied consent at the time of marriage .
Sexual intercourse means
the slightest degree of penetration of the vulva by the penis with or without emission of the semen .
Without her consent means
against her will .
Unnatural sexual offences
1-Sodomy : Male homosexuality
2-Tribadism: Female homosexuality.
3-Bestiality: with animals
4-Necrophilia. with dead
5-Sadism: Infliction of pain on partner for sexual gratification.
6-Masochism: sex enjoyment by receiving pain.
7-Buccal coitus: intercourse through the mouth.
8-Sexual asphyxia : induce hypoxia to feel pleasure .
Conditions of consent
She must not be
1- under the age of 18 years.
2-mentally retarded.
3-under anesthesia or asleep.
4-under the effect of drugs.
5-under fear, violence or physical and mental threats.
6-under fraud i.e. the male partner may impersonate the husband during sleep of the wife.
Signs of virginity:
*Hymen is intact.
*Posterior commissure is intact.
*Labia majora are firm, round and completely closing the vaginal orifice.
*Vagina is narrow with a rugose mucosa.
*Breasts are firm, hemispherical with small nipple and areola.
Indications of medicolegal examination for virginity:
In cases of
*Suspected virginity in newly married female.
*Suspected impotence.
*Alleged rape.
*Imperforate hymen.
Examination of the hymen:
The hymen is a thin membranous structure which partially closes the vaginal orifice in virgins.
Types of hymen:
*Semilunar (cresentic).
*Annular.
*Dentate.
*Fimbriate.
*Cribriform.
*Septate.
*Imperforate.
Medicolegal types of hymen:
*Fleshy dilatable H.
-no bleeding with first intercourse
*Dentate or Fimbriate H.
-Simulate torn hymen
*Imperforate H.
-No menses result in accumulation of menstrual bleeding
def Rape
*It is unlawful sexual intercourse of a woman by a man other than her husband against her will, without her consent by force.
A. Examination of the victim:
A written consent for examination of the victim or her guardian.
A detailed history of the crime heard from the victim.
Age determination.
The examination should be made in the presence of a third person (e.g. a nurse).
Clothes: tears, marks of mud or grass, stains (blood or semen) particularly of the underwear.
Behavior, manner of speech and gait.
Smell of mouth.
Mental faculties observation during the interview or examination.
5.General body examination:
*Physical development and body built.
*Wounds as signs of general violence on the body.
*The age of the wounds must be correlated with the suspected time of the crime.
Signs of general violence
vary according to the victim’s age, virginity, physical development and class of society.
a- Young female children will have no or minimal signs as they are unable to understand the act .
b- Adult virgins are more liable to be terrified by the assault than married women accustomed to intercourse , so signs are minimal .
c- Married women are expected to offer a greater degree of resistance .
6 - Local genital examination:
*The victim is put in the lithotomy position in good direct light fully exposed.
*Fear and shame from examination is more evident in virgins.
Local examination may reveal :
A. Wounds as signs of local violence:
1- Abrasions or contusion of vulva.
2-Hymenal tears in virgin victim. Here, we must differentiate between recent and old tears.
3-Lacerations and tears in vagina and vulva, and perineal tear.
B. Assailant’s pubic hair may be found on the victim genitalia.
C. Seminal or blood stains of the assailant On victim’s clothes , pubic hair or inside the vagina. The maximal time that the sperms may remain in the vagina after rape is about 7 days .
- On clothes causing stiffening of clothes with characteristic smell when fresh .
- On pubic hairs causing wetting of the hairs . Inside the vagina examined by a swab from the posterior fornix.
D. The presence of smegma bacilli is suggestive of coitus.
Nails: for the presence of
skin epithelial tags of assailant.
Delayed examination of body and genitalia for the detection of
venereal diseases (after 7 days for gonorrhea and after 2-4 weeks for syphilis).
Examination of the suspected assailant:
- Consent for examination must be taken.
- Detailed history compared with that of the victim.
- Age determination is essential by X-ray. -Clothes: tears, blood or hair of the victim.
- Behavior, smell of mouth (alcohol) and mental state.
- Physical development.
- Signs of violence and struggle.
- Grouping of semen.
- Delayed examination for venereal diseases.
