Balla Sudheer B, Bontala Parinita, Galic Ivan, G Lakshmi Shravani, P Sri Lakshmi Manasa, Kondapaneni Jayasurya, R Sudha
Department of Forensic Odontology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Department of Conservative & Endodontics, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, India.
Leg Med (Tokyo). 2019 Sep;40:37-42. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2019.07.003. Epub 2019 Jul 15.
Age estimation in living individuals has attained importance in forensic sciences from legal proceedings and has been a frequent request from concerned authorities to ascertain whether the person in question has reached the age of imputability and legal responsibility. The purpose of age estimation is not just limited to juvenile or sub-adult delinquents but also required in situations like a violation of child rights such as child employment, commercial sexual exploitation involving minor girls. Indian Law strictly forbids any employment of the children under the age of 14 and sexual exploitation of minor girls (<18 years). In this study, we assessed the skeletal and dental ages and correlate to reported chronological ages in a sample of 85 male child labourers and 31 female commercial sex workers. Statistical analysis of the results was performed to verify the similarities or differences between reported and biological age. The results had revealed a statistically significant difference between the reported age, skeletal, dental, and calculated biologic age (p < 0.05). The results indicate the need to establish a more reliable method for determining the biological age in an age-specific population.
在法医学中，活体年龄估计在法律程序中具有重要意义，并且一直是相关当局的常见要求，以确定相关人员是否已达到应负刑事责任和法律责任的年龄。年龄估计的目的不仅限于青少年或亚成年犯罪者，在诸如侵犯儿童权利（如童工、涉及未成年女孩的商业性剥削）等情况下也有需求。印度法律严格禁止雇佣14岁以下儿童以及对未成年女孩（<18岁）进行性剥削。在本研究中，我们评估了85名男童工和31名女性商业性工作者样本的骨骼年龄和牙齿年龄，并将其与报告的实际年龄相关联。对结果进行了统计分析，以验证报告年龄与生物学年龄之间的异同。结果显示，报告年龄、骨骼年龄、牙齿年龄和计算得出的生物学年龄之间存在统计学上的显著差异（p<0.05）。结果表明，需要建立一种更可靠的方法来确定特定年龄人群的生物学年龄。
