Rechtsmedizin
Volume 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 475-479

Current discussions on age diagnostics in unaccompanied minor refugees [Aktuelle Diskussionen zur Altersdiagnostik bei unbegleiteten minderjährigen Flüchtlingen] (Article)

Schmeling A.* , Geserick G. , Tsokos M. , Dettmeyer R. , Rudolf E. , Püschel K.
  • a Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Röntgenstr. 23, Münster, 48149, Germany
  • b Berlin, Germany
  • c Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • d Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Justus-Liebig Universität, Universitätsklinikum Gießen & Marburg GmbH, Gießen, Germany
  • e Attnang-Puchheim, Austria
  • f Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

Since the 1980s the age of persons without valid identification documents is increasingly being assessed by experts in a variety of legal sectors. Since its establishment in the year 2000 the Study Group on Forensic Age Diagnostics of the German Society of Legal Medicine has significantly improved the scientific basis of forensic age estimations by means of recommendations, conferences, proficiency tests and numerous studies by members. Although age estimations in adolescents and young adults in criminal proceedings take place almost unnoticed by the public, critical voices have been raised time after time in relation to age estimations of unaccompanied minor refugees in proceedings under the law on aliens. Arguments put forward in the current debate are discussed. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Author Keywords

Age factors Forensic medicine/legislation and jurisprudence Recommendations Humans Radiography

Index Keywords

law refugee offender age determination Article forensic medicine human
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84914691498&doi=10.1007%2fs00194-014-0986-x&partnerID=40&md5=531863954af57ac49b2e03dfe288301c
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-014-0986-x
ISSN: 09379819
Cited by: 4
Original Language: German