1Asst Prof, Dept of Forensic Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore
2Asst Prof, Dept of Forensic Medicine, St John's Medical College, Bangalore
Online published on 27 July, 2017.
This study was undertaken to estimate the profile of sexual assault survivors based on the cases reported to Victoria Hospital, Bangalore between 2012 and 2013. Marital status, place and time of assault, relationship between the assailant and the survivor and occurrence of pregnancy some of the criteria discussed in this study.
It is a cross sectional study done by collecting information from the patients directly during the period of 2 years in Victoria Hospital, Bangalore. The data collection was done as per pro forma.
The maximum population of cases-34.8% were between 16–20 years of age, most of them (57%) being students. Of the 89 cases taken into consideration, 39% turned out to be positive for pregnancy test.
About 63 cases were reported in 2012 alone, followed by 26 cases in 2013. The lack of convictions, low public and domestic safety, lack of stick marital rape laws and the stigmatisation of the survivors are some of the causes.
sexual assault, domestic safety, marital rape laws
