Self-defense injuries in homicidal deaths

Mohanty, Manoj Kumar; Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar; Mohanty, Srujana; Dash, Jyotin Kumar; Dash, Shreemanta Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.031

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“…Sheikh ML also found that two third of the victims were in age group of 21-40 years [6]. Similar results were obtained in studies carried out by Mohite PM et al [5] and Hugar et al [10]. The younger age groups show better reaction to sudden assault and they are more alert.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…However, in a study done by Panda BB et al found that sharp pointed weapons were the most common weapon followed by blunt weapon causing defence wound [3]. Similarly Mohanty MK et al [10] had found that 57.4% cases with sharp force and Hugar BS et al [10] found 77.5% cases using with sharp weapons alone. The reason for more blunt force injuries found in this study may be due to freely availability of blunt weapons like wooden clubs, sticks, iron rods, etc.…”

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Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Lakmali¹,

Warushahennedi

Senavirathna³

et al. 2016

Medico-Legal J SL

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Introduction: Defence injuries are the results of immediate and instinctive reaction of the victims in order to protect themselves during an assault. Presence of such injuries indicates that the victim was conscious and could comprehend the attack and provide resistance. They also help in identifying the weapon. The objectives of our study were to differentiate the patterns and the distributions of defence injuries. Methodology: This study was carried out on selected patients admitted to the hospital following assaults and deaths following injuries who had defence injuries during the period of March 2015 to January 2016 at Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, General Hospital, Matara and Base Hospital Hambanthota which are the major hospitals in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Results: We analyzed 213 cases with defence injuries. Out of them 75% were males. The commonest age group who had defence injuries were between 31-40 years. Blunt force defence injuries were present in 154 cases and sharp force was present in 74 cases. The commonest type of defence injury was contusion followed by abrasion. The commonest anatomical area involved was the forearm followed by the hand. Both left and right upper limbs involved equally in defensing although the majority (94%) was right dominant. More than one injury was present in 45% of cases and 18% had underlying injuries. In 17.8% cases alcohol had been consumed prior to the incident. Head and face was the most frequently protected body part (57%) followed by the chest (14%). Ninety eight percent of victims did not have pre-existing disabilities and 81% of them the assailant was known. Conclusions: Back of forearm is the commonly used site for defence and there is no clear correlation with the handedness and defence wounds.

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confidence: 99%

Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Lakmali¹,

Warushahennedi

Senavirathna³

et al. 2016

Medico-Legal J SL

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“…Similar findings were observed in the studies conducted by Mohanty M.K of 54 victims, 85.2% were males and 14.8% were females. 10 In a similar study by Singh O. Gambhir, Gupta B. D., 35 cases (29.17%) showed the presence of defence wounds. Defence wounds were commonly seen in the male victims.…”

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Study of defence injuries in homicidal deaths – An autopsy study

Hugar

Harish

Chandra

et al. 2012

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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“…Among all victims, 30.6% of the women presented defense wounds, as in a study on overall homicidal deaths which concluded that 33% of the cases had self-defense injuries on the upper extremities 50 . According to a study on sharp-force homicide, the presence of multiple injuries, located in upper-limbs and the existence of M A N U S C R I P T…”

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Fatal intimate partner violence against women in Portugal: A forensic medical national study

Pereira

Vieira

Magalhães

2013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important cause of women's health and socio-familial severe problems, the most extreme being the victims' homicide. This is the first nationwide Portuguese autopsy-based and judicial-proven study about female intimate partner homicide.At least 62 women over 15 years old were killed by current or former men-intimate partners, corresponding to an IPV-related female mortality rate of 0.44/100.000 women; intimate partner violence was the reason of homicide in 60.8% of all autopsied women.The typical Portuguese victim showed to be a young adult woman, employed, killed by a current husband in a long-term relationship, usually with children in common and with a history of previous IPV. The typical Portuguese perpetrator showed to be a man older than the victim, employed, owning a firearm and without criminal records. At the time of the fatal event 59.7% of the relationships were current. In 57.9% of the former relationships women were killed during the 1st year after its terminus. Near half of the perpetrators attempted or committed suicide afterwards. Most women were killed by gunshot wounds (45.2%), especially in the thorax (48.4%), with multiple fatal injuries; 56.5% also presented non-fatal injuries.The detection of prior IPV and the risk evaluation seems to be fundamental to decrease these fatal outcomes, but also, the prevention of perpetrators' alcohol abuse and carrying weapons. This work emphasizes the need to deepen the research on this issue, aiming to contribute to prevent both fatal and non-fatal IPV-related cases.

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Self-defense injuries in homicidal deaths

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Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Pattern and distribution of defence injuries: a multi-center study on clinical and autopsy findings

Study of defence injuries in homicidal deaths – An autopsy study

Fatal intimate partner violence against women in Portugal: A forensic medical national study

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