Murder by stabbing

Hunt, A. C.; Cowling, R.J.

doi:10.1016/0379-0738(91)90102-o

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“…In our study this is evident where defence wounds were present in only 17.8% of cases as compared to 80.8% cases where victims had not consumed alcohol prior to the incident. This is similar to the studies done by Mohite PM [13] in which usage of alcohol was 17.6% whereas Katkci et al [7] found no connection between the occurrence of defence wounds and consumption of alcohol.…”

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Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Lakmali¹,

Warushahennedi

Senavirathna³

et al. 2016

Medico-Legal J SL

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Introduction: Defence injuries are the results of immediate and instinctive reaction of the victims in order to protect themselves during an assault. Presence of such injuries indicates that the victim was conscious and could comprehend the attack and provide resistance. They also help in identifying the weapon. The objectives of our study were to differentiate the patterns and the distributions of defence injuries. Methodology: This study was carried out on selected patients admitted to the hospital following assaults and deaths following injuries who had defence injuries during the period of March 2015 to January 2016 at Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, General Hospital, Matara and Base Hospital Hambanthota which are the major hospitals in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Results: We analyzed 213 cases with defence injuries. Out of them 75% were males. The commonest age group who had defence injuries were between 31-40 years. Blunt force defence injuries were present in 154 cases and sharp force was present in 74 cases. The commonest type of defence injury was contusion followed by abrasion. The commonest anatomical area involved was the forearm followed by the hand. Both left and right upper limbs involved equally in defensing although the majority (94%) was right dominant. More than one injury was present in 45% of cases and 18% had underlying injuries. In 17.8% cases alcohol had been consumed prior to the incident. Head and face was the most frequently protected body part (57%) followed by the chest (14%). Ninety eight percent of victims did not have pre-existing disabilities and 81% of them the assailant was known. Conclusions: Back of forearm is the commonly used site for defence and there is no clear correlation with the handedness and defence wounds.

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“…In most studies done in South Asian countries like India males showed more defensive injuries than females [5]. But in some studies done in European countries females showed defence wounds in more number of cases than males [7,8].…”

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Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Lakmali¹,

Warushahennedi

Senavirathna³

et al. 2016

Medico-Legal J SL

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“…Sharp force trauma has long been argued to be the most frequent cause of murder in the United Kingdom [1,2,3]. Successful analysis and interpretation can provide important contextual information regarding the instant of trauma, such as the position of the victim in relation to the attacker, the handedness of the attacker, whether the wound was caused by suicide or homicide etc.…”

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“…Successful analysis and interpretation can provide important contextual information regarding the instant of trauma, such as the position of the victim in relation to the attacker, the handedness of the attacker, whether the wound was caused by suicide or homicide etc. [for example 2,4,5,6,7]. Furthermore, the motion of the sharp object can be ascertained depending on whether a cut (the incision is wider than it is deep) or stab (the incision is deeper than it is wide) mark is left [see 8 for trauma definitions].…”

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“…Previous work has focussed on interpreting sharp-force trauma from bone in order to make statements about the context of death in both forensic and archaeological contexts. Such work includes the definition of kerf dimensions and properties [9,10], the differentiation of cutmark origin [9,10,11,12,13,14], the impact of other taphonomic processes on cutmark preservation [15,16], patterns of butchery and dismemberment [10,17,18,19] and describing the details of the trauma incident itself [1,2,4,5,6,7,20,21]. Although research has demonstrated that it is possible to distinguish the class of sharp object used from the mark left behind, it is difficult to be any more precise than that.…”

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Differentiation of serrated and non-serrated blades from stab marks in bone

Thompson

Inglis

2008

Int J Legal Med

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Wounds: Sharp Injury

Pollak

Saukko

2009

Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science

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Sharp‐force injuries are traditionally divided into stab, cut, and chop wounds. Stab wounds occur when a pointed object—usually a knife—penetrates into the body along its longitudinal axis. Cuts are caused by the slicing effect of a blade, and chop wounds are produced by blows with a sharp‐edged tool such as an axe or a machete. A morphological feature common to all wounds caused by sharp force is that the skin lesions have smooth, uncontused, more or less gaping margins. Fatal outcomes are mostly due to strong internal and/or external bleeding. Medicolegal investigations are performed for documentation of the injuries and interpretation as to how they came about and whether they were inflicted by the victims themselves or by another person. The group of self‐inflicted injuries includes completed and attempted suicides, dermal artifacts in patients with personality disorders, voluntary self‐damage among prisoners, those inflicted for the purpose of insurance fraud, and, finally, those for simulations of criminal offenses. Characteristic findings help the forensic expert to differentiate between accident, suicide, and homicide. The presence of defense injuries is a certain indicator for an attack with a sharp instrument. The article gives a short overview of the circumstances, phenomena, and consequences of sharp‐force injuries. The text is illustrated by numerous photographs from forensic routine work.

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Murder by stabbing

Cited by 95 publications

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Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Differentiation of serrated and non-serrated blades from stab marks in bone

Wounds: Sharp Injury

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