Pattern of Defence Injuries in Homicidal Deaths

Dayananda, R; Kumar, M.; Rayamane, Anand P; Saraf, Ashish; Ravi, N; Chandrashekar, T N

doi:10.5958/0974-0848.2015.00058.5

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“…(19) But contradictory findings were found in other studies. (11,12,13,16,17,18) Our study also found that homicide cases of lower HIS category had more blunt force defence injuries while higher categories like HIS 5 and 6 had more sharp force defence injuries. This may be because most of the cases with overkill involved either a light or heavy sharp cutting weapon as the offending weapon.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…This is consistent with the findings of other studies where passive defence wounds were found to be more predominant than active defence wounds. (12)(13)(14)(15) Our study also found that passive defence injuries were seen uniformly, across all categories of HIS irrespective of its severity whereas active defence injuries were found more in the higher severity categories of HIS. This may be because as the violence of assault increased, the victim became desperate enough to stop the assault by catching hold of the offending weapon.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…These findings were consistent with the studies by various other authors, where young adult males were more often victims of violent homicides. (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) Our study also found that these victims fell into homicide cases of higher severity. This may be because young adult males, in their prime are able to fight back and resist a violent assault resulting in multiple injuries.…”

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Analysis of Defence Injuries in Homicide Cases Categorised in Accordance to Homicide Injury Scale

Sunil Subramanyam,

Joshima Janardhanan

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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Introduction: The instinct of self-preservation drives a person to defend themselves from any violent attack which in itself may produce injuries on the body. These are termed as defence injuries. This study aims to analyse defence injuries in homicide cases which are categorised based on its severity as determined by Homicide Injury Scale (HIS).Methods: This is a retrospective study which included all homicide cases which were autopsied during a twelve year period in a tertiary care hospital. Each of these cases were categorised according to the HIS. The presence, type and distribution of defence injuries were then tabulated and analysed.Results: A total of 85 homicide cases were autopsied during the specified study period. Out of these 85 cases, 53 cases showed defence injuries (62%) and majority of these cases fell under higher categories of HIS. Cases categorised under HIS 2,3 and 4 had defence wounds which were more blunt force in nature while cases under HIS 5 and 6 had more sharp force defence injuries. Passive defence injuries were found uniformly across all categories of HIS, however active defence injuries were found more in higher categories of HIS than in lower ones.Conclusion: This is rare study where the pattern and distribution of defence injuries was analysed based on a standardised scale. Active defence injuries were more commonly seen in homicide cases placed on higher scales of HIS.

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confidence: 68%