An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults

Pablo Prego-Meleiro; Gemma Montalvo; Carmen García-Ruiz; Begoña Bravo Serrano; Sara Ayuso-Tejedor; Carmen Megía Morales; Óscar Quintela-Jorge

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102376

An approximation to the identification of contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims of drug-facilitated sexual assaults

J Forensic Leg Med. 2022 Aug:90:102376. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102376. Epub 2022 Jun 2.

Authors

Pablo Prego-Meleiro¹, Gemma Montalvo², Carmen García-Ruiz², Begoña Bravo Serrano³, Sara Ayuso-Tejedor⁴, Carmen Megía Morales⁴, Óscar Quintela-Jorge³

Affiliations

¹ University of Alcalá, Sciences Faculty, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CINQUIFOR Research Group, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona km 33.600, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; University of Alcalá, University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP), Colegio Máximo de Jesuitas, Calle Libreros 27, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² University of Alcalá, Sciences Faculty, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CINQUIFOR Research Group, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona km 33.600, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; University of Alcalá, University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP), Colegio Máximo de Jesuitas, Calle Libreros 27, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
³ University of Alcalá, University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP), Colegio Máximo de Jesuitas, Calle Libreros 27, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Justice Ministry, Department of Madrid, St. José Echegaray, Nº 4. Zip code: 28232, Las Rozas, Spain.
⁴ National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Justice Ministry, Department of Madrid, St. José Echegaray, Nº 4. Zip code: 28232, Las Rozas, Spain.

PMID: 35675736
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102376

Abstract

This study advances on overcoming a bias limiting the forensic cases studies of drug-facilitated sexual assaults: a narrow study focus, restricted to assaults affecting young women in leisure contexts related to nightlife, party culture, and dating. A new working framework is applied to analyse data from cases received in the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (Madrid, Spain) over the six years between 2012 and 2017. The work throws light on non-previously described contexts, experiences, and profiles of victims, including domestic cohabitation, labour, education, healthcare, women trafficking, and the daily life of people with intellectual disabilities.

Keywords: Drug-facilitated crimes; Drug-facilitated sexual assault; Sexual violence; Sumisión química.

MeSH terms

Crime Victims* / statistics & numerical data
Female
Forensic Medicine
Humans
Sex Offenses* / statistics & numerical data
Spain / epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders* / epidemiology
Young Adult