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"sexually assaulted"-forensics
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sorry that this does not help you with regard to sexual assault but I must clarify this supposition that rape is easily identifiable.
There is not necessarily bodily fluid for forensic examination after a rape - what if a condom was used.
In the case of a dead (or live) adult, you cannot forensically prove that the victim was raped, only that sexual intercourse had occurred. The intercourse may have led to 'abnormal' trauma but none of this in and of itself would indicate that the encounter was non-consentual.
You may conclude that all this points to rape but that is only opinion, not fact. Other evidence would need to be considered.
I have to correct ursula62 - in UK law from 1994 the definition of rape was "penetration of the vagina or anus by the penis without consent" and was amended in 2003 to include "penetration of the mouth".
A new offence was also introduced in 2003; Assault by penetration � penetration of the vagina or anus by other body parts or objects.
These all constitute 'Serious Sexual Assault' but there is also 'Minor Sexual Assault', such as indecent exposure, touching, and sexual threats.
signs of sexual assault are varied from bite marks and scratches and bruising or cuts in genital areas that show signs of sexual contact.
It isnt all that easy to determine as much as rape is because there needs to be actual signs of the assault in some way. someone resisting an assault would fight the assailant and would therefore suffer bruises in many areas such as wrists from being held, underwear cutting into the flesh when it is removed violently etc.
With Rape it isnt easy to determine if it is actual rape or consensual which is where a lot of women get away with crying rape a lot to just get revenge on an ex or something although actual intercourse/rape is a quite evident with there being signs of puffyness, signs of friction, trauma, bruising, cuts, blood and semen samples inside a female. Remember the more the girl resists the easier it is to causes these signs. These signs will only last for a matter of hours, couple of days at best probably unless obviously they dont wash which many vicitims feel they have to do before admitting whats happend. As for the condom? There would be signs of the condom lubricant on a swab test and would still cause all the other signs except the semen sample. The only effect a comdom would give is a very good chance of not obtaining a DNA sample from any semen as it would be collected by the condom. However other DNA samples can be collected from hair and skin samples, even blood under a victims nails from scratching his arms in struggle. The tell tale signs of sexual activity dont always proof rape over consensual although it offers more evidence towards it the more signs are there and again thats what courts have to decide.
Hope this gives a few ideas without going too deep into the details.
These are still visible on a dead body. They can also tell from the type of bruise (the shape, the colour, the patterns etc) when and how it happened.
If a condom was used, then latex residues can be found. These can be traced back to the brand of condom, and to the retailers, who check the security cameras, to track the suspect.
Also, in a struggle, skin and other DNA are often gathered underneath the finger nails of the victim (and the rapist) and so a quick swab and test will be able to identify everything from who race to sex, even telling the forensics team where the rape took place
Sometimes in a struggle hair can be pulled from the head of either victim or rapist. This can also give huge clues to whether it was consensual or not. (hair, when shed has a little tiny "blob" on the end - check your own when you find some next. This is skin. This isn't present on hair that is yanked.
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