Lupariello Francesco, Gabriele Alessandro, Mirri Federica, Mattioda Giuliana, Nuzzolese Emilio, Di Vella Giancarlo
Dipartimento di Scienze Della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Sezione di Medicina Legale, "Università Degli Studi di Torino", Corso Galileo Galilei 22, 00126, Torino, Italy.
Forensic Sci Int Synerg. 2021 Jan 16;3:100134. doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100134. eCollection 2021.
In case of minor migrants, absence of valid identification documents that clearly define age is a critical issue, because without these data the child cannot enjoy the rights provided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Differentiation between minors and adults is fundamental when age is disputed in human identification, asylum seeking, criminal liability, and child abuse fields. Few indications are available about qualitative/statistical agreement of different age estimation methods. Ages of 301 individuals were estimated through two dental methods in order to: determine quantitative and statistical agreements in legal age definition; identify practical recommendations. The study pointed out discrepancy between the two methods in 7/301 cases. From a statistical point of view, this finding corresponded to an almost perfect agreement. Thus, authors suggested that the two methods can be alternately used for legal age assessment, but operators should use both methods when the estimated age is 18.5 years.
对于未成年移民而言，缺乏能明确界定年龄的有效身份证件是个关键问题，因为没有这些数据，儿童就无法享有《儿童权利公约》所赋予的权利。在身份识别、寻求庇护、刑事责任和虐待儿童等领域，当年龄存在争议时，区分未成年人和成年人至关重要。关于不同年龄估计方法的定性/统计一致性，目前几乎没有相关迹象。通过两种牙科方法对301人的年龄进行了估计，目的是：确定法定年龄定义中的定量和统计一致性；确定实际建议。该研究指出，在301例中有7例两种方法存在差异。从统计学角度来看，这一发现几乎完全一致。因此，作者建议这两种方法可交替用于法定年龄评估，但当估计年龄为18.5岁时，操作人员应同时使用这两种方法。
