Sexual assault and its medical, medicolegal, and social aspects--a retrospective study
Ganguly, R.Prasad.; Patra, K.Kumar.; Jha, T.; Bhattacharya, A.Ranjan.; Sarkar, D.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 108(10): 682 690
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 21510557 Document Number: 640076
A retrospective study of medical, medicolegal and social aspects was conducted in collaboration with the department of forensic medicine and toxicology during a period 2004-2009 among 42 victims of sexual assault who were admitted in the department of gynaecology and obstetrics of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. Majority (71%) of the victims were girls between age group 6-15 years. Sixty per cent of the victims were from poor family, 43% were illiterate and 72% had vaginal tear which required surgical management.