Patterns of homicide in North Tunisia: a 10-year study (2005–2014)

Khelil, Mehdi Ben; Farhani, Fethia; Harzallah, Hana; Allouche, Mohamed; Gharbaoui, Meriem; Banasr, Ahmed; Benzarti, Aida; Hamdoun, Moncef

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042123

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“…There was no rise in the rate of child homicide before and after the Tunisian Revolution. Contrary to what was observed by Ben Khelil et al (Ben Khelil et al, 2018), the homicide rate among all ages included had slightly increased after the Revolution, with a significant rise during the first 2 years due to social and economic disturbances. In our study, a rise in child homicide during adolescence was observed with 56.3% of the victims aged between 15 and 18 years.…”

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Child homicide in northern Tunisia: a retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases

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Naceur

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Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background As far as we know, no previous research has investigated child homicide in Tunisia. In this context, our study was carried out to analyze the epidemiological and medico-legal characteristics of child homicide occurring in northern Tunisia over a 17-year period. Results Eighty-seven cases were collected, with a male-to-female ratio of 2.4. The mean age of the victims was 12.6 years for both sexes. We found that 56.3% of the cases were aged between 15 and 18 years. The majority of deaths under 15 years of age occurred at home as a result of intrafamilial homicide. Victims aged more than 15 years were more likely to be assaulted outside the home by a non-family member. The most frequent method of homicide was sharp force (39%) affecting mostly the heart and the lung, followed by blunt trauma (25%), which affected mainly the head. Sexual assault was diagnosed at autopsy in six victims (6.9%). Conclusions The study offers available data concerning the patterns of child homicide in northern Tunisia and may help to implement preventive measures against this kind of crime.

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Child homicide in northern Tunisia: a retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases

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Naceur

et al. 2021

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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“…Such babies probably could be unwanted ones, born to unmarried women, delivered as stillborn or dead born or criminally aborted. Similar findings were found in the study conducted in north Tunisia by Ben Khelil M et al (2019), [14] where the majority of dead bodies of foetuses/newborns were found by the public roads in 40.9% cases. The findings in the present study are also consistent with those of Herman-Giddens et al ( 2003), [8] where majority of dead bodies of foetuses/newborns was found in trash (23.5%), landfills, woods or roadside(23.6%).…”

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A Forensic Autopsy Study of Dead Foetuses and Newborns

Singh¹

2022

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Background: The term abandonment refers to babies or foetuses which are found abandoned at various unwanted places such as gutter, rubbish dumps, railway tracts and bushes. It does not refer to live born babies left in places, such as hospitals where care can be given by someone other than the mother. Aims and Objectives: To find out the distribution of death cases of newborns/feotuses and to trace its probable reason and its relationship with female foeticide.Methods:A retrospective study of all the medico-legal autopsies of foetuses and newborns was conducted in Forensic medicine and Toxicology department, Government Medical College, Amritsar (Punjab) from Jan 1, 2014 to Jul 31, 2021. During this period, 46 cases of fetal and newborn deaths had been studied.Results:The dead bodies of known foetuses/newborns is 43.5% cases while total unknown cases were 56.5% cases. 32.6% cases were non viable foetuses while 10.8% cases died as a result of prematurity. All the unknown cases (56.5%) were found from the abandoned places like street, bushes, canal side, water bodies that mainly includes pond and railway tract.Conclusion:Despite, the problem is present in every corner of the nation, there is dearth of research studies on this issue. Stringent measures and strict checks are required against antenatal sex determination. The motive behind the abandonment of foetuses can be any, but this grave issue needs urgent attention.

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“…However, lower average ages at death by homicidal burning were reported in other countries such as Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco, and the United Kingdom [1,9,10], where the mean age was under 40. The average age was also lower for self-inflicted burn casualties and for victims of homicide using other means in Tunisia during a similar period [5,11]. This observation was consistent with previous studies from several countries, reporting a series of homicides where the reported mean age was younger at about 20-40 years old [12][13][14].…”

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“…In our study, homicidal burnings occurred most frequently in a private home (48.3%), followed by a public place (18.3%), with a female predominance for cases occurring in private housing. These results are consistent with other reports of homicidal burnings and homicide [7,11,21,29]. Many factors contribute to the home being the most common place for burning crimes, including crowded conditions, living with multigenerational family members, privacy, and access to available fuels [41][42][43][44].…”

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Pattern of homicidal burns in Northern Tunisia: An autopsy‐based study over 15 years (2005–2019)

Belghith

Khelil

Harzallah

et al. 2021

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Data related to intentional burns remain scarce. Homicidal burns represented between 0.6% and 4.2% of all homicides in Egypt, France, the United Kingdom, and India [1][2][3][4].Intentional burns remain a challenging situation, especially in the case of an individual found dead with no witness of the fatal act. Thus, in practice, identifying a certain victim's profile and a particular distribution of injuries could be helpful to the forensic specialist, as well as the judicial authority in concluding a homicidal burning. The pattern of homicidal burning casualties reported inOccidental and Middle East countries were different from the profile of self-inflicted burns. Homicidal burning was mostly reported in young males, with less important injuries compared to accidental and self-inflicted burnings and predominant in the anterior part of the body [5-7].

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Patterns of homicide in North Tunisia: a 10-year study (2005–2014)

Abstract: This study suggests applying urgent preventive measures targeting essentially young males and the importance of a national 'Violence Repository'.

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Child homicide in northern Tunisia: a retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases

Child homicide in northern Tunisia: a retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases

A Forensic Autopsy Study of Dead Foetuses and Newborns

Pattern of homicidal burns in Northern Tunisia: An autopsy‐based study over 15 years (2005–2019)

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