Sexual offences – selected cases

What Are the Sexual Offences?

The Significance of Spermatozoa in Victims of Sexual Offences.

Factual information for the use of the doctor called upon to give evidence in court after examining the victim of an alleged sexual attack is considered on the basis of an extensive review of the literature and of years of experience by the staff of the Attorney-General's Laboratory for Ontario. This experience emphasizes the need for immediate examination of fluid from the vaginal pool for mot...

[Reconstruction of sexual offences--forensic aspects of sperm traces].

The investigation of sexual offences is a real challenge, as the injuries are often unspecific or faint and may sometimes be missing completely. Evidence recovery and analysis as well as the statements of the victims and suspects are therefore of vital importance. In both presented cases, the results of trace evidence analysis were basically consistent with a sexual assault, but the victims' st...

Changes to Section 2 of Sexual Offences Act 1976.

Rape complaints are at their highest since statistics began, whilst the rape conviction rate is at an all-time low. The frequency with which the complainant's previous sexual history is admitted at trial is perceived as a major factor. The government intends to legislate to reduce this, in accordance with either the Scottish or the New South Wales' legislative models. This article analyses the ...

An Essay on Sleep-Related Sexual Behaviours and Offences Related to Sexual Behaviours