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A case in south-eastern France: a review of drug facilitated sexual assault in European and English-speaking countries
(Un cas dans le sud-est de la France : une revue de la littérature sur l'agression sexuelle facilitée par une drogue en Europe et dans les pays anglophones.)
Auteur(s) :
DORANDEU A. H. ;
PAGES, C. A. ;
SORDINO M. C. ;
PEPIN, G. ;
BACCINO, E. ;
KINTZ, P.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
253-261
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
102
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ABUS SEXUEL
;
SOUMISSION CHIMIQUE
;
BENZODIAZEPINES
;
GHB
;
CRIMINALITE
;
SANCTION PENALE
;
COMPARAISON
;
JURISPRUDENCE
;
LEGISLATION
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
;
INTERNATIONAL
;
EUROPE
Note générale :
Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine, 2006, 13, (5), 253-261
Résumé :
Drug facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA) have been increasingly reported in the medical literature since the 1980s but their legal recognition is more recent, at least in Europe. From a case treated in south-eastern France, whose judicial consequences were known, it seemed of interest to carry out an international study of jurisprudence concerning this type of rape. While from the medical viewpoint the drugs used are well-known and their presence can be clinically verified, the legal consequences of their use in subsequent criminal prosecution is less clear-cut. Some European countries have no jurisprudence in this area, while others consider the use of drugs as an aggravating circumstance. In France, it was only in 2003 that the first case of DFSA was truly punished by the judicial system, with considerable media attention. By contrast, in English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, the use of drugs to facilitate sexual assault has frequently been recognized in legislation and in criminal prosecutions. Prevention is fundamental and is recognised as demonstrated by campaigns in various countries. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of Forensic Sciences, Hopital Lapeyronie, 371, avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier.
France. France.
France. France.
Cote :
A03628