Fablet Dorothée, Chariot Patrick
Department of Forensic Medicine, Jean-Verdier Hospital (AP-HP), France.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Research on Social Issues, UMR 8156-997, UFR SMBH, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2018 Jul;54(7):788-792. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13852. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
Police custody is detention in response to a suspicion of crime. In France, until the age of 13, pre-trial detention and police custody are not allowed. We aimed to evaluate the practical implementation of police detention of children aged between 10 and 12 years and describe the medical characteristics and history, perceived health status and opinion on custody of the potentially affected children.
A descriptive study was conducted in a French reference regional department of forensic medicine at the time of medical examination in police cells among arrestees younger than 13 years old examined over a 5-year period (1 January 2011-31 December 2015).
Children aged 10-12 years (n = 60; males, 48, 80%), accounting for 60 of 57 687 examined arrestees (0.1%), were examined over the study period. Six individuals (10%) were arrested twice or more times during the study period (for a total of 76 detentions analysed). The most common suspected crimes were theft or robbery (42/76, 55%) and physical assault (22/76, 29%). Arrestees had a favourable opinion of custody in 33 of 76 cases (43%). Children reported physical assault by the police in 6 of 76 cases (8%), and the physicians observed recent traumatic injuries in 7 of 76 cases (9%). Daily tobacco consumption was reported by 4 of 60 children (7%). No child was considered unfit for detention by the physician.
Children aged 10-12 years suspected of serious crimes accounted for 0.1% of detained individuals in police cells. Although infrequent, such situations are a matter of concern.
警方拘留是因涉嫌犯罪而进行的拘禁。在法国，13岁以下儿童不得进行审前拘留和警方拘留。我们旨在评估对10至12岁儿童进行警方拘留的实际执行情况，并描述这些可能受影响儿童的医学特征与病史、感知到的健康状况以及对拘留的看法。
在5年期间（2011年1月1日至2015年12月31日），对法国一家法医参考地区部门在警方拘留所对13岁以下被捕者进行医学检查时开展了一项描述性研究。
在研究期间对10至12岁儿童（n = 60；男性48名，占80%）进行了检查，这60名儿童占57687名接受检查的被捕者中的60名（0.1%）。6人（10%）在研究期间被捕两次或更多次（共分析了76次拘留）。最常见的涉嫌犯罪是盗窃或抢劫（42/76，55%）和人身攻击（22/76，29%）。在76例中有33例（43%）被捕者对拘留持赞同意见。在76例中有6例（8%）儿童报告遭到警方人身攻击，医生在76例中有7例（9%）观察到近期有创伤性损伤。60名儿童中有4名（7%）报告有每日吸烟情况。医生认为没有儿童不适合被拘留。
涉嫌严重犯罪的10至12岁儿童占警方拘留所被拘留者的0.1%。尽管此类情况并不常见，但仍令人担忧。
