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Sexual offenses against elderly people
— forensic evaluation and judicial outcome | | Author(s) | Ana Nobrega Pinto, Fernanda Rodrigues, Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 26, no 2, March-May 2014 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, March-May 2014 |
| Pages | pp 189-204 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Crime ; Offenders ; Evaluation ; Portugal. |
| Annotation | Forensic evaluation reports and judicial outcomes regarding older victims of suspected sexual offences in Portugal were retrospectively reviewed. During the period 2005-2009, a total of 14 cases were registered, corresponding to 0.3% of non-fatal crimes against older people and 0.6% of the total of sexual crimes reported. All the victims were female. The majority lived alone and did not have limitations in communication, orientation, ambulation, or autonomy. The offenders were all male (17 to 81 years old); most were known to the victims and had history of previous disruptive behaviours. The majority of the sexual offenses occurred in the victims' homes, and the offenders tended to use physical violence. Forensic evaluation was crucial for the identification of physical and biological evidence, and forensic conclusions were positively correlated with the judicial outcome of each case. High prosecution and conviction rates were also observed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605237 A |
| Classmark | QNT: TWA: TGC: 4C: 76T |
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