2023-08-19 14:37:26
He Institute of legal medicine and Forensic Sciences (IMLCF) of Córdoba, dependent on the Ministry of Justice, Local Administration and Public Function, has carried out 6,581 performances from its different services throughout 2022, 5% more than the previous yearthe vast majority of them court order with the aim of assessing and determining the bodily damage produced, as stated in the annual balance of this service.
Specifically, the professionals performed 3,603 reports for injuries, 2,190 psychiatric, 99 for crimes once morest sexual freedom, 54 for work capacity, 246 generic assessments physical state, 35 sample collections, seven due to medical malpractice, 63 psychological assessments, 113 psychosocial studies of family teams and 171 psychosocial studies of the Comprehensive Assessment Unit of Gender Violence (UVIVG), as detailed by the Board in a press release.
In the injury section, the most common were due to assault (2,424), followed by those caused by gender violence (576), traffic accidents (282), domestic violence (137), different types of accidents (99) y minor traffic accidents (85).
In the area of Psychiatry, the most requested reports were those intended to determine the internment of a person (1,739) followed by those of disability (223)imputability (206) and substance use (22).
Likewise, during 2023 the Forensic Pathology Service has carried out 312 autopsies (to 237 men and 75 women) who determined 168 deaths natural and 134 violent, while in another ten cases it was not possible to specify it. Among the violent deaths, more than half were by suicide, a total of 70, compared to 61 accidental and three cases of homicide. In addition, the professionals carried out five analyzes of bone remains.
Likewise, forensic doctors participated in 345 procedures for removal of corpses ythey went to 441 subpoenas in court, for which the declaration by videoconference is increasingly requested, which was carried out 66 times. To this we must also add his training and research activity.
The territorial delegate of Justice, Local Administration and Public Function in Córdoba, raquel lopezhas highlighted “the great job done by these professionalswho work directly for the bodies of the Administration of Justice and for whom these reports they prepare are essential to know and evaluate the cases”.
The Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences has, on the one hand, a Forensic Clinic service, where all health issues related to the facts followed by judicial bodies in the Civil, Criminal and Social sphere are studied. In addition, it has a forensic pathology servicein which the investigation is carried out on the causes and circumstances of death in cases of violent deaths or in which there are doubts regarding their etiology and, therefore, they are suspected of having a criminal origin.
Actions in gender violence
On the other hand, within this body is the Comprehensive Assessment Unit for Gender Violencewhich is responsible for inform at the request of judicial bodies and prosecutors with competence in this matter on the comprehensive assessment of the effects of physical, mental and sexual violence on female victims, in addition to the effects suffered by the minors in charge of them and the objective dangerousness and risk of recidivism of the accused.
The delegate also recalled that the aforementioned Unit has recently been reinforced with funds from the State Pact once morest Gender Violence. Thus, during 2022, received 171 valuation requests, 11.76% more than the previous year. In total, 138 reports were prepared: 62 comprehensive assessment, 24 injury assessment, five for crimes once morest sexual freedom, 8 on the imputability of the accused, two risk assessment, 29 for the adoption of civil guard and custody measures. and eight of another type.
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