Defining patterns of genital injury from sexual assault: A review

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-280

  Sommers, Marilyn Sawyer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic examination; Patterns of genital injury; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34250734492     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838007303194     Document Type: Review

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