Forensic Gynaecology Towards Better Care for the Female Victim of Sexual Assault

The majority of sexual assaults are not reported to the police, and domestic or spousal rape is even less commonly reported. However, women who are victims of sexual assault are more likely to use health services, so medical practitioners will see them in their day-to-day practice. Forensic gynaecology is a challenging area of practice, as the examiner must play a dual role of looking after the woman's health needs at the same time as collecting and interpreting forensic evidence - a need which is kept to the fore in this book. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach, with contributions from serving police officers, leading barristers, physicians, gynaecologists, paediatricians, ethicists, forensic scientists and organisations concerned with the care of women, providing an explanation of the relevant facts and an exploration of some of the controversies surrounding each area under discussion.