Avtor/Urednik		Kerbacher, Sophie; Pfeifer, Michael; Riener-Hofer, Reingard; Berzlanovich, Andrea; Eogan, Maeve; Galić Mihic, Anita; Haring, Gregor; Hejna, Petr; Höller, Johannes; Hostiuc, Sorin
Naslov		Overview of clinical forensic services in various countries of the European Union
Tip		članek
Leto izdaje		2019
Obseg		str. str.
ISSN		2096-1790
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Examination of a person who has been a victim of a physical or sexual assault may be very important for upcoming legal proceedings. In the context of a clinical forensic examination, physical findings are recorded and biological trace material is gathered and secured. Ideally, all forensic findings are documented in a detailed report combined with photographic documentation, which employs a forensic scale to depict the size of the injuries. However, the integrity of such forensic findings depends particularly on two factors. First, the examination needs to be conducted professionally to ensure that the findings are properly admissible ascourt evidence. Second, the examination should take place as soon as possible because the opportunity to successfully secure biological samples declines rapidly with time. Access tolow-threshold clinical forensic examinations is not evenly provided in all member states of the European Union (EU); in some states, they are not available at all. As part of the JUSTeU! (Juridical standards for clinical forensic examinations of victims of violence inEurope) project, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging in Graz, Austria created (incooperation with its international partner consortium) a questionnaire: the purpose was to collect information about support for victims of physical and/or sexual assault in obtaining alow-threshold clinical forensic examination in various countries of the EU. Our paper pro-vides a summary of the responses and an overview of the current situation concerning pro-vided clinical forensic services.
Proste vsebinske oznake		forensic sciences clinical forensic services violence forenzična veda forenzične storitve nasilje