VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY

In recent years, violence against minors has been the subject of in-depth study in all its historical, social and cultural dimensions, being able to be identified and treated according to rigorous scientific methodologies. The A.A. report the case of an 8-year-old girl, who disappeared in a rural a...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e54b6212d46e44b9830acae95ac48cb12021-11-11T18:34:44ZVALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY10.3269/1970-5492.2021.16.342279-7165https://doaj.org/article/e54b6212d46e44b9830acae95ac48cb12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.embj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Stellacci_34.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2279-7165In recent years, violence against minors has been the subject of in-depth study in all its historical, social and cultural dimensions, being able to be identified and treated according to rigorous scientific methodologies. The A.A. report the case of an 8-year-old girl, who disappeared in a rural area, found dead a few hours later, on the recommendation of a young man who, despite having admitted to having gone away with the child, had not provided further details. The forensic inspection revealed that the discovery area included an area with burnt undergrowth about 4 meters in diameter. Examination of the external genitalia showed that the hymen was hemorrhagic in the right hemicycle, at 11 o'clock, with laceration of the most superficial layers of the anterior face. In the present case, therefore, despite having limited historical and circumstantial data, it was possible to reconstruct the following damaging dynamic: the little girl, after having gone away with her aggressor, was first the victim of an attempt of sexual violence by the latter and later immobilized by placing a foot on the slender abdomen. She had been covered with brushwood which the attacker had set fire to, thus killing her. This reconstruction of the criminal events, proposed to the investigating magistrate, was confirmed in each passage by the confessions made by the murderer, during the various degrees of trial, so much so that the final sentence reported in full the specific steps of the medico-legal relationship.Alessandra StellacciAssociazione Italiana Giovani Mediciarticlemurderchild abusereconstructionMedicine (General)R5-920ENEuromediterranean Biomedical Journal, Vol 16, Iss 34, Pp 148-152 (2021)
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child abuse
reconstruction
Medicine (General)
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child abuse
reconstruction
Medicine (General)
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Alessandra Stellacci
VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY
description In recent years, violence against minors has been the subject of in-depth study in all its historical, social and cultural dimensions, being able to be identified and treated according to rigorous scientific methodologies. The A.A. report the case of an 8-year-old girl, who disappeared in a rural area, found dead a few hours later, on the recommendation of a young man who, despite having admitted to having gone away with the child, had not provided further details. The forensic inspection revealed that the discovery area included an area with burnt undergrowth about 4 meters in diameter. Examination of the external genitalia showed that the hymen was hemorrhagic in the right hemicycle, at 11 o'clock, with laceration of the most superficial layers of the anterior face. In the present case, therefore, despite having limited historical and circumstantial data, it was possible to reconstruct the following damaging dynamic: the little girl, after having gone away with her aggressor, was first the victim of an attempt of sexual violence by the latter and later immobilized by placing a foot on the slender abdomen. She had been covered with brushwood which the attacker had set fire to, thus killing her. This reconstruction of the criminal events, proposed to the investigating magistrate, was confirmed in each passage by the confessions made by the murderer, during the various degrees of trial, so much so that the final sentence reported in full the specific steps of the medico-legal relationship.
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title VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY
title_short VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY
title_full VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY
title_fullStr VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY
title_full_unstemmed VALUE OF THE MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FINDINGS WITH LEGALLY ESTABLISHED REALITY
title_sort value of the medical-legal investigation. correspondence of the findings with legally established reality
publisher Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
publishDate 2021
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