Multidisciplinary approach to fatal dog attacks: A forensic case study

Salem, Nidhal Haj; Belhadj, Meriem; Aissaoui, Abir; Mesrati, Mohamed Amine; Chadly, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2013.04.015

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“…18 The extent of the damage is related to the vulnerability of the victim: young children, the elderly, and disabled persons have the highest mortality rates because of their weakness, defenselessness, and smaller body sizes. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]17 When dogs are part of a group, the "pack instinct" motivates to escalate the attack. 7,16 The threat associated will be equivalent to the number and size of dogs and underlines the relevance of the victim's weakness.…”

Section: The Carnivore the Canidaementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Odontological analysis of bite marks may provide conclusive evidence in identifying a particular animal. 3,31 While in the presence of multiple animal bites, it is difficult to apply a bite mark protocol that would record every wound individually, take impressions, and remove all of the affected tissue, 1 the guidelines provided by the American Board of Forensic Odontology (http://www.abfo.org) for human bite mark analysis may be useful in the implementation of the photographic protocol and in the improvement of the quality of the expertise, resulting in more strong dog identification. 16 Souviron recommends taking black-and-white, color, or alternate light photographs and video documentation.…”

Section: The Odontological Bite Mark Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 However, as the result of the most diverse causes, this interaction has not been free of conflicts. The alarming statistics reported around the world 2,3 have shown that dog attacks today represent a health hazard where prevention strategies have not always been successful. Most of the dogs involved in these events are known to the victim or belong to him.…”

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“…Most of the dogs involved in these events are known to the victim or belong to him. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] A bite mark is defined as a physical alteration in a medium caused by the contact of teeth. 9 When a bite mark is caused by an animal, the following three patterns can be observed: nonfatal bite wounds, fatal bite wounds, and postmortem lacerations of the victim's body.…”

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Forensic studies of dog attacks on humans: a focus on bite mark analysis

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Lucena³

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The interaction between domestic animals and humans has not been free of conflicts, and dog attacks represent a real problem, not only for the health consequences, but also for the possible criminal, and can affect the legal or financial outcomes. Dogs' teeth have particular features, and the resulting bite marks are a major point of forensic interest mainly in the absence of witnesses or in cases where postmortem dog interference can be misinterpreted. An appropriate forensic approach should include an exhaustive analysis of the scene, the victim, and the dog. Bite marks must be discriminated from other traumas, and the familiarity of the investigator with different patterns of animal behavior can be of great importance in the correct assessment of the offending specie. A scientific inclusion/exclusion of the dog involved is possible and also recommended because of the possible consequences for the owner of the animal. Since dog bite mark analysis should involve different forensic professionals such as pathologists, odontologists, veterinarians, biologists, and also police investigators, a review focused on this type of evidence from a multidisciplinary point of view is presented. Prevention and mitigating strategies focused on both breed-specific legislation and the legal responsibility of the owner for the dog's behavior are discussed.

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“…Animal biting wounds often permit a reconstruction of the perpetrator'st e e t h , but postmortem animal depredation may also cause such a bite pattern, which may initially suggest criminal assault [65], especially when animals, e.g., dogs, are enclosed in a home with a corpse [66][67][68]. Although bite marks can be discriminated from other traumas, bite mark analysis sometimes requires multidisciplinary approaches and should involve different forensic professionals [61,69].…”

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Most Common Medico-Legal Autopsy-Related Human and Nonhuman Biological Samples for DNA Analysis

Pádár¹,

Zenke²,

Kozma³

2018

Post Mortem Examination and Autopsy - Current Issues From Death to Laboratory Analysis

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The identification and individualization of biological evidences is crucial to actual criminal investigations. In spite of the differences at the national level, all the legal processes attribute particular importance to forensic DNA analysis. However, none of the qualified results from any professional laboratory can produce substantive, valuable evidence with insufficient quality of samples and/or problems with provision of a pristine and controlled environment. The methodology and efficiency of sampling are distinct in case of living persons and in medico-legal autopsy and crime scenes. This chapter is a short overview from the basic introductory information up to ongoing research, and in accordance with constraints on the chapter size, it briefly discusses the important topics of sample collection at medico-legal autopsy for DNA analysis. The content sorts the major types of samples, reviews the common methods of sampling and the potential risk of poor sampling or contamination transfer. The corpses can be more or less degraded, which in special cases (e.g., paraffin embedded tissues, drowned, burning and/or buried cadaver) allow only for analysis of highly degraded samples. The samples can be associated with tissues of a corpse (e.g., blood, soft tissues, bone, tooth, hair) and/or additional extraneous tissues and remains, which are often mixed (e.g., blood, saliva, semen, vaginal fluid, debris of fingernails) on the corpse.

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Die Beurteilung von Hundebissverletzungen aus gerichtsärztlicher Sicht

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Adamec

Grove

2014

Wien Med Wochenschr

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The identification of a bite injury and its differentiation between human and animal origin demand a high level of special knowledge from the examining physician. The evaluation of bite injuries in terms of their hazard potential, risk profile and origin is usually done by a forensic specialist based on medical record documentation after immediate medical treatment. Therefore, as a first responder, a detailed documentation of the entire injury pattern is essential. If necessary, samples for further DNA analysis should be taken.The present article is intended to give a brief introduction to various aspects of bite injuries as well as to point out possibilities and limitations of the assessment of such cases.

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Multidisciplinary approach to fatal dog attacks: A forensic case study

Cited by 21 publications

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Forensic studies of dog attacks on humans: a focus on bite mark analysis

Forensic studies of dog attacks on humans: a focus on bite mark analysis

Most Common Medico-Legal Autopsy-Related Human and Nonhuman Biological Samples for DNA Analysis

Die Beurteilung von Hundebissverletzungen aus gerichtsärztlicher Sicht

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