title: Age differences among victims of sexual assault: a comparison between children, adolescents and adults.
abstract: The present study describes the characteristics and ascertains risk factors of victims of sexual assault according to three age groups: children, adolescents and adults. Data were retrospectively obtained from a database of forensic medical examination records of sexual assault victims in Bizkaia within a two-year period (2009-2010). Descriptive statistics and uni- and multivariate analyzes were used. Sexual assaults with evidence of physical injury in the examination were significantly associated with the victims' age group and with sexual assaults with penetration. They are inversely associated with vulnerable victims and assaults committed by a known offender. Sexual assaults with penetration are related significantly to older age groups and they are negatively associated with sexual assault committed at the victim's place of residence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Psychiatry in Bizkaia, Institute of Legal Medicine of the Basque Country, C/ Buenos Aires N° 6, 4°, Bilbao, 48001 Bizkaia, Spain. sudupe.a@aju.ej-gv.es
authors.forename: Ainara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudupe Moreno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis; D010808:Physical Examination; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D000431:Ethanol; D004247:DNA