Sharp force fatalities: suicide, homicide or accident? A series of 21 cases

Cases at study comprise 21 sharp force fatalities (9 suicides – 7 m and 2 f; 8 homicides – 5 m and 3 f; 2 accidental deaths – 1 m and 1 f; 2 uncertain cases – 2 m), examined from 1993 to 2002. Suicide age range was 17–75 years, mean 42.4; in seven cases the age was upper 40. Scene of death was at ho...

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Published in:Forensic science international 2005-01, Vol.147, p.S33-S35
Main Authors: Mazzolo, G.M., Desinan, L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidental death
Accidents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Arm Injuries - etiology
Arm Injuries - pathology
Biological and medical sciences
Causes of
Death
Female
Forensic sciences
General aspects
Genitalia, Male - injuries
Genitalia, Male - pathology
Glass
Heart Injuries - pathology
Hemorrhage - etiology
Hemorrhage - pathology
Homicide
Humans
Incised wound
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Stab wound
Suicide
Wounds and injuries
Wounds, Stab - pathology
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Summary:Cases at study comprise 21 sharp force fatalities (9 suicides – 7 m and 2 f; 8 homicides – 5 m and 3 f; 2 accidental deaths – 1 m and 1 f; 2 uncertain cases – 2 m), examined from 1993 to 2002. Suicide age range was 17–75 years, mean 42.4; in seven cases the age was upper 40. Scene of death was at home in six cases, at open place in two, during hospitalisation in one. Incised wounds were pre-eminent in suicides. Homicides showed multiple stab wounds. The two accidents were caused by “glassing”. Uncertain cases were a small stab wound to the chest and an eviration.
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.09.097