[Secondary victimization of traffic accident victims: getting buried without the declaration of forensic case and without having performed autopsy].

Background: In this study, it was aimed to analyze the cases of traffic accident related deaths, buried without performing autopsy, in order to increase awareness of the physicians about declaration liability of forensic cases and also emphasize the declaration of the forensic case and autopsy importance.

Methods: In the First Specialization Board of Council of Forensic Medicine, 542 cases of death, reported between the years 2004-2008, who were involved in traffic accidents and buried without an autopsy performed, were evaluated retrospectively.

Results: It was found that 69.

Time-dependent changes of sperm cells in human ejaculate samples added in various liquid media.

Introduction: It is known that sexual assault victim's contacting to water may decrease the detectability of sperm cells on the body of a victim. The features of water (i.e.

[Residual pellet in fetal brain tissue following a gunshot injury to a pregnant woman: a case report].

Vital functions and the effect of injuries on quality of life are important from a viewpoint of causation in willful injury crimes committed against a pregnant woman. In such conditions, which should be evaluated separately in criminal law and compensation law, permanent losses of organ function that may negatively affect the woman's fertility, the features of permanent functional impairments and premature birth of the fetus can be additive factors for the indemnification amount. In scientific literature, case reports addressing the morphological and physiological changes to the fetus due to firearm injury are rare.

Forensic psychiatric reports for victims of sexual assault and consensus problems among expertise institutes.

Objective: It is known that sexual assault sets the stage for various mental diseases. Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, and adjustment disorder are most commonly encountered. In this paper, the aim was to determine the demographic characteristics of the sex crimes which were prosecuted at the courts in the city of Eskisehir, to evaluate the forensic reports which were prepared by different institutes for sex crime victims in order to clarify the impairment of physical or mental health, to discuss the contradictions between the institutions about this subject; and within this context, to determine the troubles which were experienced at the stage of implementing clauses of the Criminal Code related to sexual assault.