Sex Crimes

SEX CRIMES

SEX CRIMES • • • •

Virginity Defloration Death related to sexual act Sex crimes – – – – –

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Rape Seduction Acts of lasciviousness Abduction Adultery and concubinage Prostitution

Sexual abnormalities

Virginity •

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It is a condition of a female who has not experienced sexual intercourse and whose genital organs have not been altered by carnal knowledge. Kinds of virginity: – –

Moral virginity Physical virginity • •

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True physical virginity False physical virginity

Demi-virginity “Virgo intacta”

Determination of virginity: •

Parts of the female body: – –

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Breasts Vaginal canal Labia majora and labia minora Fourchette Hymen

Defloration: It is the laceration or rupture of the hymen as a result of sexual intercourse.

Determination of defloration: • • • •

Condition of the vulva-gaping or not Fourchette- v shaped Vaginal canal- decrease rugae Hymen

Hymen: • • •

General condition of the hymen. Original shape of the orifice. If lacerated: – – – –

Degree of laceration Location of laceration Duration of laceration Complications of lacerations

Degree of laceration of hymen: •

Incomplete laceration – –

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Superficial Deep

Complete laceration Compound or complicated laceration

Duration of laceration of hymen: • • • • •

Fresh bleeding laceration- recent Fresh healing with fibrin formation with edema of the surrounding tissues – after 24 hours Healed laceration with congested edges and with sharp coaptible borders – 4-10 days Healed laceration with sharp coaptible borders without congestion – 2-3 weeks Healed laceration with rounded non-coaptible borders and retraction of edges – 1 month

Complication of laceration of hymen: • • • • •

Secondary infection Hemorrhage Fistula formation Stricture Sterility

Death related to sexual act: •

Death of a male partner: –

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Death from natural cause: increase demand in the cardiovascular system Death maybe due to the defensive act of a womanvictim

Death related to sexual act: •

Death of the female partner: • • • • • • •

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In case of oral sex: asphyxia Accidental suffocation or strangulation during the act In cunnilingus, air embolism Infliction of injuries by saddist partner Deliberately done to conceal the crime of rape Shock as a result of extreme physical and mental trauma in rape Hemorrhage and infection

Death of both partners • •

CO poisoning Homicide-suicide pact

Sex crimes: •

Characteristics: • • • • •

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Ancient and universal Close physical contact between the offender and the victim Crime by one sex against the other Sex is an inborn instinct. It is a crime committed in strict privacy. Many sex crimes are not reported; undue publicity is prejudicial to the reputation of the victim. More frequent among lower socio-economic class. Pardon and forgiveness will extinguish criminal liability of offender. The severity of punishment does not deter its commission. If the offender is past middle age, the victims are usually children. The psychic trauma suffered by the victim of sex crimes varies with the moral standard of the victim. Common in month of May.

Carnal knowledge: •

It is the act of man in having sexual bodily connection with a woman. –

Slightest penetration in the sexual organ of the female by the sexual organ of a male.

Rape committed by depriving the victim of her reason or otherwise made unconscious: •

Deprival of reason. • • •

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The woman victim is unconscious. • • • •

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Rape committed on insane or mentally deficient woman. Rape committed while the woman is under the influence of alcohol or other depressant drugs Sexual act on a woman under the influence of sex stimulating drugs. Sexual act committed while the woman is on her natural sleep. Sexual act on a woman suffering from sleeping sickness. Sexual act on a woman who is unconscious because she was knocked-out. Sexual act after administration of narcotics or other knock-out drugs.

When the woman is under 12 years of age.

Medical evidences in rape: •

Evidences from the victim: • • • • •

Date, time and place of alleged commission of rape. Date, time and place of examination. Condition of clothings. The physician must observe the gait, the facial expression and the bodily and mental attitude of the subject. Physical and mental development of the victim. –

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Examination of the body for signs of violence. –

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Physical exam, mental state

Tenderness and swelling, age of lesion, x-ray

Examination of the genitalia including the breast. –

Breast, vulva, hymen, pubic hair, vaginal canal

Medical evidences in rape: •

Examination of the alleged offender. • •

Physical development, mental condition and strength Evidence of physical injury –

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Abrasions in the neck, chest, penis

Condition of sex organ. Evidence from the pubic hair. Potency of the offender. Evidence of genital infection.

•Evidences

from the companion of the victim.

Investigation of the crime scene: • • • •

Disturbance in the place of the commission. Strands of hair, blood, seminal fluid and other stains to prove consummation. Pieces of personal belongings of the offender/victim maybe recovered. Investigation of the witness.

Examination of seminal fluid: •

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Semen is a viscid, albuminous fluid with faint grayish-yellow color, having the characteristic fishy odor and containing spermatozoa, epithelial cells, etc… Spermatozoa – living organism present in seminal fluid consisting of a head, neck and tail. –

60 million per cc, 80% motile

Examination of seminal fluid: •

Specimens to be examined for seminal fluid: • • • • •

Wearing apparel of the victim and the allege offender. Vaginal smear from the victim. Stains on the body of the victim and of the accused. Stains found at the site of the commission of the offense. Throat of the victim/ anal canal of the victim

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How long after sexual intercourse can spermatozoa be found in the vaginal canal? –

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Vagina: 48 hours Uterus and cervix: 2-4 days

Can a woman be raped while she is on her natural sleep? – –

For virgins: highly improbable For multiparous: possible

Sexual abnormalities: •

As to the choice of sexual partner: • •

Heterosexual Homosexual • •

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Infantosexual •

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Overt Latent Pedophilia (homosexual and heterosexual)

Bestosexual : bestiality or zoophilia Autosexual: masturbation Gerontophilia Necrophilia Incest

Reasons why physician fail to detect child sexual abuse. • • • •

The lack of hard physical evidence of abuse. A belief that sexual abuse does not exist. A fear of antagonizing parents. Ignorance of how to obtain a detailed sexual history from the child.

Theories why adults become interested in children: •

Emotional congruence – –

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Nondominant Low self-esteem, immaturity, narcissism

Conditioning modeling – early childhood experience Blockage-alternative sexual gratification is unknown because of unresolved conflicts, anxiety about sex Disinhibition

Sexual abnormalities: •

As to instinctual strength of sexual urge: –

Over sex: compulsive neurosis • •

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Satyriasis Nymphomania

Under-sex: • •

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Sexual anesthesia Dyspareunia Vaginismus Old age

Sexual abnormalities: •

As to the mode of sexual expression: –

Oralism •

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Sado-masochism (algolagnia) – pain as a factor in gratification •

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Fellatio, cunnilingus, anilism

Flaggelation, sadism(active), masochism (passive), cannibalism, necrosadism, love bites

Fetishism (an object is necessary for gratification) •

Anatomic, necrophilic, clothing, odor (urolagnia, coprolagnia), pygmalionism, narcissism, incendiarism, vampirism

Sexual abnormalities: •

As to visual stimulus: – –

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Voyeurism mixoscopia

As to the part of the body: – –

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Sodomy Uranism Frottage partialism

Sexual abnormalities: •

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Troilism (menage a trois`) Pluralism

Others: – –

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Coprolalia (obscene language) Don Juanism Exhibitionism

Sexual abnormalities: •

Sexual reversal: –

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Tranvestism: psychic identification wit the opposite sex. Sexual maladjustment Transexualism: surgical change of anatomic sex. Intersexuality: • • • •

Gonadal agenesis Gonadal dysgenesis True hemaphrodite pseudohermaphrodite