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[Chest stab wound comparison in suicidal and homicidal cases].
- Source :
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Archiwum medycyny sadowej i kryminologii [Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol] 2003 Apr-Jun; Vol. 53 (2), pp. 117-28. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- In view of the appearance of cases of homicides by stabbing in which the killer claims that the victim committed suicide cases of homicides and suicides of this type have been compared. Contrary to the opinions appearing in the medico-legal issues stating that the commonly described features of the suicidal wounds such as tentative wounds, stabbing in the intercostals space, "removal" of clothes do not appear in some of the suicides, a few of these features do appear in each of the examined cases. Having considered the horizontal wound arrangement in the skin, which is a newly described feature, the differentiation between homicides and suicides are more categorical. In addition to that, the low level of alcohol in the blood is an extremely characteristic feature of the suicide by chest stabbing. On the contrary, typical features of suicidal death don't appear in cases of "aggressive self-destruction", self inflicted fatal wounds inflicted by a person with mental disorders.
- Subjects :
- Abdominal Injuries epidemiology
Adult
Arm Injuries epidemiology
Autopsy
Female
Homicide psychology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neck Injuries epidemiology
Poland epidemiology
Suicide psychology
Thoracic Injuries psychology
Time Factors
Wounds, Stab psychology
Homicide statistics & numerical data
Suicide statistics & numerical data
Thoracic Injuries epidemiology
Wounds, Stab epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Polish
- ISSN :
- 0324-8267
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archiwum medycyny sadowej i kryminologii
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14669648