title: Demography and findings of reported rape cases.
abstract: Six hundred and ninety nine cases of alleged rape were studied by the authors during the period from 2007-2008 at the Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh. Of these cases, 122 had positive findings of recent sexual intercourse; 250 cases had the positive findings of habituated sexual intercourse, and 327 cases had no findings of sexual intercourse but they complained of forcible sexual intercourse and found no sign of sexual intercourse. Most of the alleged victims of rape were nulliparous 87.12% and parous was only 12.87%. 430 (61.51%) cases of reported victims who were students of schools and colleges were not considered as rape cases considering their victim's history of love affairs, leaving home secretly with their lovers, living with them for many days. Gang rape was not so common (4.29% of raped cases) in our study. Age groups, their occupations, living areas, time of arrival for medico-legal examination have been studied. Most of the cases were students (61.51%). A few numbers of victims were subjected to gang rape. Examination and reporting the cases have been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Quader
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001459:Bangladesh; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D011902:Rape / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult