Suicidal Death due to Hanging

Begum, Asma; Khan, Nashid Tabasum; Shafiuzzaman, Akm; Shahid, Farhana; Anam, AM Ashraful; Ahmed, Khan Shakil; Begum, Rowson Ara; Fahmi, Soniya

doi:10.3329/dmcj.v5i2.33347

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“…A relatively consistent detail observed in this study was the tension of neck ligatures in the cases analyzed, which agrees with the forensic literature [22–70]. Knotted homicide strangulation ligatures were typically tighter than suicide ligatures used for hanging.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…The differences in many specific knot and ligature characteristics are unknown. Further, the knot data reported in the literature are inconsistent, and numerous details have not been examined in case reports and international retrospective studies [1–6,13–20,25–74]. Published knot and ligature data acquired from homicides are not abundant.…”

Section: Background and Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%

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Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: A comparative analysis of case and survey data

Chisnall

2020

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Distinguishing between homicides and suicides can be challenging when knots and ligatures are involved. This is particularly true for cases involving decedents who have been bound. If subtle telltales are ignored, foul play may be assumed. In contrast, the discovery of a hanged decedent may lead to a conclusion of suicide. That determination could be premature in the absence of relevant evidence and a thorough analysis of the knots and ligatures. As several authors note, the analysis of equivocal cases must include all collateral evidence, not only the scene evidence but family and decedent history, the overall context, and the death scene circumstances [1-6]. can tying performed by an assailant be distinguished from knots and ligatures tied by decedents on their own bodies? To answer these questions, survey and case data were analyzed and compared to discern any useful differences. These observations were incorporated into a proposed checklist of contrasting characteristics, which will be outlined near the end. 2 | BACKG ROUND AND R ATIONALE In the United Kingdom during the late 1970 s, Underwood investigated an unusual case in which three children were discovered

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Background and Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%

Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: A comparative analysis of case and survey data

Chisnall

2020

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…However, the included epidemiological studies (4) followed meticulous scientific methods and had representative samples (Salam et al 2017;Masrekhy et al 2013;Feroz et al 2012;Begum et al 2017b). One cross-sectional study had representative sample size, which explored suicide deaths by hanging only as method (Begum et al 2017a). No study included or excluded participants based on the specific risk factors.…”

Section: Risk Of Bias Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Early reviews revealed persons of 20-30 years persons are dying more (Khan 2002;Arafat 2017). Begum et al (2017a) found that about 47% of respondents were between 21 and 30 years, Mashreky et al found that the median age was 25 years, Shah et al (2018) found that about 54% of the respondents were within 18-25 years, Arafat et al (2018) found that about 60% of respondents were below 30 years of age, Shah et al (2017) found that about 61% of the respondents were below 30 years of age, Feroz et al Current challenges of suicide and future directions of management in Bangladesh: a systematic review (2012) found that 43% of the respondents were between 20 and 29 years, Qusar et al (2009) found that 75% of the suicide attempters were below 30 years of age (Arafat in press). The global trend of suicide based on the nuptiality found that single, unmarried persons have been dying, whereas more married persons have been dying by suicide in Bangladesh (Mashreky et al 2013;Arafat 2017;Knipe et al 2015;Ahmed & Hossain 2010;Ali et al 2014).…”

Section: Challenges Of Quality Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Suicide is a complex, multi-causal, global preventable public health problem that is under researched in Bangladesh (World Health Organization 2014; Shahnaz et al 2017;Mashreky et al 2013;Shah et al 2017Shah et al , 2018Arafat et al 2018a,b;Arafat 2017). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that about 10,000 persons are dying by suicide per year in the country (World Health Organization 2014;Mashreky et al 2013;Shahnaz et al 2017;Begum et al 2017a). It is the fourth leading cause of overall injury-related deaths and second important cause of injuryassociated death in age groups of 20-39 years in Bangladesh (Mashreky et al 2013).…”

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Current challenges of suicide and future directions of management in Bangladesh: a systematic review

Arafat

2018

Global Psychiatry

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ObjectivesBangladesh is a densely populated country in south-east Asia with paucity of research in suicide. This systematic review was aimed at critical appraising various aspects of suicide in Bangladesh based on available literature and systematic search.MethodsExtensive literature search was conducted in Scopus, PubMed, PubMed Central, Google, Google Scholar and BanglaJOL with searching key words without any date boundary and without any basis of types of studies, that is, all types of studies were scrutinised. The author focused on sources of suicide data along with epidemiological variables of suicides in Bangladesh such as suicide rate, gender of victims, methods of suicides, risk factors and prevention activities and role of media in suicide.ResultsAfter exclusion of repetitions, screening was performed, and finally, 35 articles were selected for review. Amongst the 35 articles, 16 articles were original contributions, 2 systematic reviews, 6 narrative reviews, 2 scoping reviews, 3 editorials, 3 case reports and rest correspondence article. The review revealed that the actual rate of suicide in Bangladesh is yet to come out and quality data is a real challenge. Women are dying more than the men, and early adulthood is the most vulnerable time of life.DiscussionSuicide is a under attended problem in Bangladesh, as the country yet to reveal the actual rate of suicide along with the challenge of quality data. Prevention activities have been started but yet to be visualised. Decriminalisation of suicide in the legal criteria and establishment of suicide surveillance can be the top priorities in the country.

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