Suicidal hanging in Cardiff — A 15-year retrospective study

James, Rosemary; Silcocks, P.

doi:10.1016/0379-0738(92)90175-v

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“…The materials used, the age of the person, whether or not it is a full hanging, and the hanging distance are affecting the formation of these findings. [1][2][3]5,16,[19][20][21]23,26,37,43]. These findings support the fact that the act of hanging takes place when one is alive [1,2,21,23,24,26].…”

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confidence: 74%

“…It has been reported that about 2000 suicide deaths due to hanging occurs per year in England [15]. It has been reported in the studies conducted all over the world that the incidence of hanging is gradually increasing [3,[16][17][18][19][20][21]. Hanging is thought to be the most commonly used suicide method as hanging material can be easily found and the hanging action can be performed almost everywhere [1,9,11,22].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Suicidal Hanging in Eskisehir, Turkey: 25 Year Analysis

Karbeyaz¹,

Çelikel²,

Balci³

2017

J Forensic Res

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In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the autopsy findings of deaths due to hanging in the last 25 years in Eskisehir province located in western Anatolia and to share them in the literature. The gender, age, scene of crime, the material used for hanging type and hanging, autopsy findings and toxicological findings were examined using the data of Eskişehir Forensic Medicine Branch Directorate and judicial investigation files in that period. It was determined that hanging cases have increased in the recent years. 65.1% of the cases were male 72.1% of the cases were typical hanging. Hanging cases can only be solved by the collective work of crime scene investigators, police officers, prosecutors and doctors.

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confidence: 74%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicidal Hanging in Eskisehir, Turkey: 25 Year Analysis

Karbeyaz¹,

Çelikel²,

Balci³

2017

J Forensic Res

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“…It can be said in conjunction with the available data that these haemorrhages are the most common finding in the cervical region in cases of fatal hanging. Nonetheless, a number of papers on the subject of death by hanging [3,9,15] as well as on the subject of the causative mechanism of haemorrhages in the cervical muscles [1] ignored this well-established finding [12,16]. Studies concerned with cases of delayed death after hanging [11] also did not take these haemorrhages into consideration.…”

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confidence: 94%

Characterization of haemorrhages at the origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscles in hanging

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Haemorrhages at the periostal-clavicular origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscles were found in 52 out of 54 cases of death by hanging. This cervical haemorrhage is most frequently found in death by hanging, but only seldomly seen in other causes of death and can therefore be regarded as being typical for death by hanging. The frequency of this finding on the side of the highest point of the ligature mark is significantly higher, thereby supporting the hypothesis of extension as the causative mechanism. External cardiac massage and assisted breathing have no influence on the occurrence of haemorrhages. Histology shows the haemorrhages to be mainly directly epiperiostal, however, many cases displayed concurrent sub- and intraperiostal extravasations. Artificial post mortem production of these findings is discussed in the light of the literature.

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“…It has been repetitively demonstrated that the incidence of fractures increases with age [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The role of gender is less clear: some authors found a male predominance of fractures [9,15,18] whereas other observed a female predominance [7,13] or no significant difference between genders [11,19].…”

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confidence: 98%