Introduction: Homicide is a legal term for any killing of a human being as a result of the conduct of another. There has been a global increase in homicide and it causes over 500,000 deaths per year worldwide. Throughout the world deaths due to firearm weapons have been increased tremendously. Depending on the circumstances of the death, homicides can be divided into murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, killing in war, euthanasia and execution.Objectives: To find out socio-demographic features of homicidal deaths in some part of Dhaka city.Materials and Methods: A record based cross-sectional study includes 506 cases of homicide out of the total of 3005 medico-legal autopsies conducted at Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College during the year of March 2006 to February 2007. Data were collected using a pre-designed schedule from Post mortem registers and reports. The cases have been labeled as homicide on the basis of autopsy and police inquest report. All the data were collected in a predefined data collection sheet and necessary statistical analyses were performed by using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software.Results: A total number of 3005 medico-legal autopsies were conducted, of them 1594 (53.04%) cases were accidents, 786 (26.15%) cases were suicide, 506 (16.84%) cases were homicide, undetermined cases were 88 (2.93%) and 31 (1.04%) cases were natural deaths. Of them 190 (37.55%) were caused by firearms. Other methods used for homicide were 97 (19.17%) cases by blunt weapons, 82 (16.21%) by sharp cutting weapons, 49 (9.68%) by stab injuries. Most of the victims 188 (37.15) were in the age group of 21-30 years followed by 110 (21.74%) in the age group of 31-40 years. In 447 (88.33%) cases the victims were male and 480 (94.86%) were Muslims.Conclusion: Homicide is a relatively rare offence than accidents or suicides but it is one of the most notifiable crimes in country as they are widely publicized by the media due to their severity and visibility. Homicidal deaths, mostly due to fire arms have increased substantially in the last decade. Strict measures should be taken to monitor and control the possession of illegal fire arms.Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.11(1) 2015: 30-33
Background: After suicidal poisoning, death due to hanging is one of the common modes of suicide encountered in medico-legal procedure in Bangladesh. Objective: To study on demographic and autopsy findings associated with suicide by hanging at Manikganj district, Bangladesh. Methodology: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the District hospital, Manikganj, Bangladesh during the period of January 2019 to December 2020. Results: A total of 381 medico-legal autopsies were analyzed, out of which 169 were deaths due to hanging. Out of 169 cases, the maximum (69, 40.8%) deaths were due to hanging in the age group of 21-30 years. Majority (101, 59.8%) of the cases were observed in females and among them, maximum were housewives (60, 35.5%). Most of the death bodies (47, 27.81%) were brought from Manikganj police station. Regarding the ligature material used, majority (133, 78.7%) of victims had used soft ligature material, like Dopatta (orhna) (56, 33.1%). Considering the autopsy findings, cyanosis of fingertips and nail bed was the commonest (163, 96.4%), followed by subcutaneous tissue under the ligature mark found pale, white, hard and glistening (159, 94.0%), and dribbling mark of saliva in case of asphyxial death due to hanging (144, 85.2%). Conclusion: Suicidal hanging was commonly encountered in younger age group and in many cases of financial problem, followed by family disputes were commonly observed. J Monno Med Coll June 2022;8(2): 31-35
Background: Homicide is the significant issues of major public health crisis in relation to health and safety of all individuals. The number of homicide is increasing in Bangladesh at alarming rate day by day. Objectives:Considering this context, we aimed to study and explore the demography of homicidal deaths occurred at Rajshahi districtin 2020. Materials and methods: The statistics presented here isbased on the post-mortem of the dead bodies that were submitted from different police station in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology (DFMT) at Rajshahi Medical College. This present data based on the observed mark which might be analogous with corresponding manner of homicide. Results: A total 37 homicides were occurred in January 2020 to December 2020. Among them, 59% were male and 41% were female. Almost 50% victims were between 16 and 30 years old. Maximum of the male victims were farmer in profession, whereas all of the females were house wife. Surprisingly, 24% cases were from area of Charghat police station. Conclusion: The overall situation suggests taking proper action that may decrease the homicidal deaths. KYAMC Journal. 2021;12(3): 138-141
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