ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the genital injury prevalence, location of genital injury, injury in consensual intercourse, documentation, common definition of genital injury pattern, skin color, and best practice. It outlines the forensic examination, and treatment as well as collection of evidence from a victim of sexual assault. Examination after sexual assault is needed for early intervention, and treatment of physical injuries and for the purpose of collection of transferred forensic evidence from the victim’s body. Detection and management of genital injury is important from both a health care and a criminal justice standpoint. Genital injury prevalence is calculated by using the frequency of genital injury in a given population. Following sexual assault, the prevalence of genital injury varies by examination type and ranges from 5% on direct visualization. Sexual Assault Response Teams are collaborative groups that bring together multidisciplinary sexual assault stakeholders to improve the community response to sexual assault.
