Forensic age estimation of 85 male child laborers and 31 rescued female commercial sex workers from Hyderabad in South India.

Autor: Balla SB; Department of Forensic Odontology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Electronic address: forensics.sudheer@gmail.com., Bontala P; Department of Conservative & Endodontics, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, India., Galic I; Departments of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Spinciceva 2, 21000 Split, Croatia., G LS; Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, India., P SLM; Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, India., Kondapaneni J; Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, India., R S; Department of Forensic Medicine, Osmania Medical College, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Leg Med (Tokyo)] 2019 Sep; Vol. 40, pp. 37-42. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jul 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2019.07.003
Abstrakt: Age estimation in living individuals has attained importance in forensic sciences from legal proceedings and has been a frequent request from concerned authorities to ascertain whether the person in question has reached the age of imputability and legal responsibility. The purpose of age estimation is not just limited to juvenile or sub-adult delinquents but also required in situations like a violation of child rights such as child employment, commercial sexual exploitation involving minor girls. Indian Law strictly forbids any employment of the children under the age of 14 and sexual exploitation of minor girls (<18 years). In this study, we assessed the skeletal and dental ages and correlate to reported chronological ages in a sample of 85 male child labourers and 31 female commercial sex workers. Statistical analysis of the results was performed to verify the similarities or differences between reported and biological age. The results had revealed a statistically significant difference between the reported age, skeletal, dental, and calculated biologic age (p < 0.05). The results indicate the need to establish a more reliable method for determining the biological age in an age-specific population.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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