Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Recording evidence and evidentiary issues in child sexual abuse cases

C Lincoln, “Sexual assault: forensic examination in the living and deceased” (2018) Dec 8(4) Academic forensic pathology 912–923.

This article, written by a medical practitioner, provides an overview of various components of forensic sexual assault examination in both living and deceased persons. The detection of injury and biological material to support or exclude sexual activity requires a careful, methodical approach to ensure robust evidentiary value and an understanding of genito-anal anatomy and sexual physiology to interpret its significance for the courts.