Childhood deaths from sexual abuse in Istanbul, Turkey: Medicolegal assessment

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dc.authorscopusid11139902400
dc.authorscopusid15755005800
dc.authorscopusid6507532784
dc.authorscopusid55929946300
dc.authorscopusid6506363639
dc.authorscopusid15756323700
dc.contributor.authorBeyaztas F.Y.
dc.contributor.authorButun C.
dc.contributor.authorDokgoz H.
dc.contributor.authorAltun G.
dc.contributor.authorYorulmaz C.
dc.contributor.authorPolat O.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:28:11Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:28:11Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractAims: The evaluation of sexually abused children is a part of forensic medicine practice. Such assaults may result in the death of the victim due to different causes. Aim of this study was to present the childhood deaths determined as associated with sexual abuse according to smear results, genital and postmortem examinations, to determine the groups under the risk, and to contribute to the identification of the offenders. Methods: 17 cases of sexual child abuse with lethal outcome in the State Institute of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul, Turkey have been investigated in a five years' period from 1996 to 2000. Results: Most of the victims were female. In terms of cause of death, five cases were evaluated as general body trauma, three as gun shot, three as hanging, four as fatal pressure on the neck, one as strangulation with tie, one as narcotic intoxication. Conclusion: Such cases are very rare so that epidemiological conclusions concerning escalating violence of the youth cannot be drawn. However, sexual abuse of child resulting in death is the most severe form of an attack against the physical and psychological integrity of a still growing individual and its prevention requires a multidisciplinary approach, vigilance and the community's enhanced sensitivity to this topic. Death associated with sexual abuse is also dealt in this study. © Universitätsverlag Ulm GmbH 2006.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage124en_US
dc.identifier.issn0941-9500
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-33845944977en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage121en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/17123
dc.identifier.volume13en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNeurology Psychiatry and Brain Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectChild; Death; Sexual Abuseen_US
dc.subjectArticle; Autopsy; Child Sexual Abuse; Childhood Mortality; Gunshot Injury; Hanging; Human; Injury; Intoxication; Medicolegal Aspect; Neck Injury; Priority Journal; Strangulation; Turkey (Republic)en_US
dc.titleChildhood deaths from sexual abuse in Istanbul, Turkey: Medicolegal assessmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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