Injuries from intimate partner and sexual violence: Significance and classification systems

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 250-263

  Sommers, Marilyn S ^a   Brown, Kathleen M ^a   Buschur, Carole ^b   Everett, Janine S ^a   Fargo, Jamison D ^c   Fisher, Bonnie S ^d   Hinkle, Christina ^e   Zink, Therese M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Galen College of Nursing   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury classification; Injury detection; Intimate partner violence; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BITE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ECCHYMOSIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITAL EDEMA; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOMA; INJURY; LACERATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; STAB WOUND; VAGINA BLEEDING; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA INJURY;

CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PREVALENCE; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862116195     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.014     Document Type: Review

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