The Victims who are Under the Effect of Drugs Fall Into Sexual Assault:Case Reports

Year 2019, , 95 - 101, 01.01.2019

Emre Mutlu , Faruk Aşıcıoğlu

https://doi.org/10.20515/otd.455395

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Drug-facilitated sexual assault
is defined as a crime of sexual assault where victims are exposed to drugs and
/ or alcohol and as a result; they experience loss of consciousness and
inability to show resistance. Nowadays, the frequency of sexual attacks inflicted
this way is increasing.  Among these
substances, alcohol ranks first in terms of frequency. Various psychoactive
substances or central nervous system suppression drugs are given to the victim
in combination with alcohol for rapid effect. Another method is giving the
substances directly to the victim with a beverage other than alcohol. Many of
these substances are colorless, odorless and tasteless, easily soluble in
beverages and cannot be noticed when consumed. In the identification of
substance or drug-facilitated sexual assault cases, timely collection of
biological samples and forensic toxicological analysis is key. In this study,
we aimed to evaluate the toxicological analysis results of cases that were
alleged to be victims of sexual assault where alcohol and drugs that could
facilitate sexual assault were detected in their biological samples from among
the cases brought to the 5th Specialization Board of Forensic Medicine
Institution, and to evaluate the effects of these substances on the behavior
and self-defense attempts of the patients along with the literature.

Keywords

Drug-facilitated sexual assault; Biological sample; Forensic toxicology

Uyuşturucu Madde Etkisi Altındaki Mağdurların Uğradığı Cinsel Saldırılar:Olgu Serisi

Abstract

Uyuşturucu maddeyle
kolaylaştırılmış cinsel saldırı, uyuşturucu ve/veya alkol etkisi altındaki
mağdurlarda meydana gelen bilinç kaybı ve direnç gösterememe sonucu istemsiz olarak
maruz kaldıkları cinsel saldırı suçu olarak tanımlanmıştır. Günümüzde cinsel
saldırıların bu yolla yapılma sıklığı artış göstermektedir.  Bu maddeler arasında sıklık bakımından alkol
ilk sırada yer almaktadır. Alkolle birlikte etkinin hızlı ortaya çıkması için
çeşitli psikoaktif maddeler veya santral sinir sistemini baskılayıcı ilaçlar
kombinasyon halinde verilmektedir. Maddelerin alkol olmadan doğrudan başka bir
içecek içerisinde mağdura verilmesi de bir başka yöntemdir. Bu maddelerin
birçoğu renksiz, kokusuz ve tatsız olup içecekler içerisinde kolaylıkla
çözünebilmekte ve tüketilirken anlaşılamamaktadırlar. Madde veya ilaçla
kolaylaştırılmış cinsel saldırı vakalarının ortaya çıkarılması için biyolojik
örneklerin zamanında toplanması ve adli toksikolojik analiz ön plana
çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Adli Tıp Kurumu 5. İhtisas Kuruluna gelen vakalar
arasından cinsel saldırı mağduru olduğu iddia edilen ve biyolojik örneklerinde
alkol, uyuşturucu madde ve cinsel saldırıyı kolaylaştırabilen ilaçların
saptandığı olguların toksikolojik analiz sonuçları ile bu maddelerin bireyin
davranış ve kendini savunmaya yönelik hareketleri üzerine olan etkilerinin
literatür eşliğinde değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. 

Keywords

Uyuşturucuyla kolaylaştırılmış cinsel saldırı; Biyolojik örnek; Adli toksikoloji

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