Abuso Sexual em Adultos: Casuística do Posto Médico-Legal de Ribeirão das Neves - Minas Gerais
2018
Sexual violence is present throughout the world, affects both sexes and occurs in
all cultures and social classes. Women are the main victims of sexual abuse (SA),
considered a major public health problem. In cases of SA, the medical examiner has the role
of searching for objective medical evidence, in addition to participating in the integrated
network of victim care. The objective of this research was to analyze the forensic reports of
SA in a specific geographic context, to better understand the characteristics of the victims
and the forensic findings. The forensic reports of SA victims who were 18 years of age or
older examined in Ribeirao das Neves Institute of Forensic Medicine between 2015 and 2016
were analyzed. All of them were female, totaling 11.6 % of the 242 forensic reports of SA
completed in the period. The average age was 28 years, vaginal intercourse was the most
common practice and in half the cases the abuse was committed by strangers. Most had no
genital lesions and none had anal lesions. There were extragenital lesions in half of the
cases. In most reports the recent occurrence of vaginal intercourse could not be
demonstrated. These data add epidemiological information for better understanding the
profile of the SA adult victim, and may contribute to the establishment of possible intervention
and prevention measures.
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