بررسي ميزان تاثير اظهارنظر كارشناسي پزشكي قانوني در پرونده هاي كيفري مختومه دادگستري استان تهران در سالهاي 1376 الي 1379

EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF EFFECTIVENESS OF LEGAL MEDICINE EXPERT VIEW POINTS UPON PENAL FILES IN TEHRAN ADMINISTRATION Of JUDICIARY BETWEEN 1997 AND 2000

Background: In study we evaluated the level of effectiveness of expert viewpoints in judiciary system. Methods: A total of 650 files were reviewed in 4 courts in Tehran. Resutls: Of all of the files, expert viewpoints did not accepted completely in 62 cases (9.8%) and completely accepted in 386 cases (60.9%). In 58 cases (9.1%) the view-points accepted partially and in 102 cases (16.1%), there was not any request from legal medicine organization. In sexual crimes this was more usual. The judges determined the fine personally in 36 cases (5.7%) and had some fault in determination of the fines in 47 cases (7.4%). Conclusion: This study shows that different judges donʹt use legal Medicine expert viewpoints in a similar way. It seems that usage of expert viewpoints in special tasks is mandatory and the judges should request expert viewpoints.