Title: Role of Pathology laboratory in detecting Sexual assault
Authors: Dr Ganesh Kumar, Dr (Prof.) Shailendra Kumar, Dr (Prof.) Ajay Kumar
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i11.175
Abstract
Sexual assault is prevalent in our society & is usually unwitnessed & prosecution needs support of laboratory evidence in the court room. Simple laboratory methods with lapse of time may fail to collect evidences but Better staining techniques, chemical analysis & applications of molecular pathology are now able to bring positive proof against the assailants in the court room.
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