Wille Sarah M R, Van Dijck Karolien, Van Assche Antje, Di Fazio Vincent, Ramiréz-Fernandéz Maria Del Mar, Vanvooren Vanessa, Samyn Nele
Unit Toxicology, National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), 1120 Brussels, Belgium.
Unit Forensic Advice, National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), 1120 Brussels, Belgium.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 May 4;14(5):432. doi: 10.3390/ph14050432.
The conviction rate in drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) cases is known to be very low. In addition, the potential impact of toxicological results on the case is often not well understood by the judicial authorities. The aims of this study were (1) to obtain more knowledge concerning the prevalence of incapacitating substances in DFSA cases, (2) to create a more efficient DFSA analysis strategy taking background information into account, and (3) to evaluate the potential impact of systematic toxicological analysis (STA) on the final judicial outcome. This small-scale epidemiological study ( = 79) demonstrates that 'commonly-used' illicit drugs, psychoactive medicines and ethanol are more prevalent in DFSA cases in contrast to the highly mediatized date rape drugs. Additionally, via case examples, the interest of performing STA-to prove incapacitation of the victim-in judicial procedures with mutual-consent discussions has been demonstrated as it led to increased convictions. However, more attention has to be paid to ensure a short sampling delay and to get more accurate information from the medical treatment of the alleged victim. This will improve the interpretation of the toxicological analysis and thus its applicability in a DFSA case. The future is multi-disciplinary and will certainly lead to an efficient and more cost-effective DFSA approach in which STA can impact the final judgment.
已知药物辅助性侵犯（DFSA）案件的定罪率非常低。此外，司法当局往往对毒理学结果对案件的潜在影响了解不足。本研究的目的是：（1）获取更多关于DFSA案件中致 incapacitating substances物质流行情况的知识；（2）制定一种更有效的DFSA分析策略，将背景信息考虑在内；（3）评估系统毒理学分析（STA）对最终司法结果的潜在影响。这项小规模的流行病学研究（n = 79）表明，与高度媒体化的约会强奸药物相比，“常用”的非法药物、精神活性药物和乙醇在DFSA案件中更为普遍。此外，通过案例，在涉及双方同意讨论的司法程序中，进行STA以证明受害者 incapacitation的意义已得到证明，因为这导致定罪增加。然而，必须更加注意确保缩短采样延迟，并从对据称受害者的医疗治疗中获取更准确的信息。这将改善毒理学分析的解释，从而提高其在DFSA案件中的适用性。未来是多学科的，肯定会导致一种高效且更具成本效益的DFSA方法，其中STA可以影响最终判决。 （注：原文中“incapacitating substances”和“incapacitation”这两个词不太明确准确含义，可能是专业术语，这里按原样翻译）
