The Resistance of Human Skin to Compressive Cutting

Careless, C. M.; Acland, Peter R.

doi:10.1177/002580248202200204

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“…Unusual weapons can pose a challenge for the forensic expert. Correlation of weapon blade and stab wound dimensions can be altered by a number of factors like skin elasticity, angle of the weapon relative to skin surface, postmortem variation, or degree of applied strength [11–15].…”

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Homicide by unusual‐edged weapons: Forensic considerations of two cases

Karray

Dubois

Savall

et al. 2020

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Homicide by stab wound is common worldwide. However, the use of unusual edged weapons is rarely reported in the forensic literature. Here, we report two cases of homicide involving a Japanese sword, or katana, and a sickle. Both of these weapons can create either stab or incised wounds with some particularities. In our cases, characteristics of the external wounds, internal injuries, and the depth of penetration raised the possibility of an unusual weapon. Meticulous forensic examination of these injuries (morphological characteristics, depth of penetration, trajectories, and cut marks in the bone) may allow the forensic expert to determine the type of weapon used.

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