Todesfälle im Polizeigewahrsam

Heide, S.; Schmidt, Uwe; Engel, A.; Jacobi, S.

doi:10.1007/s00194-022-00555-3

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“…In European countries, there is a wide variation in the regulations, practical procedures, and applied terminology for ARDs and deaths in custody 48 . In most countries, such as Germany, there are no nationwide standards in handling, reporting, and evaluating these events 49 . Due to the lack of consistency, cases of “death in custody” and “death during police action” are often subsumed under the term “deaths in custody” and thus treated equally.…”

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“…48 In most countries, such as Germany, there are no nationwide standards in handling, reporting, and evaluating these events. 49 Due to the lack of consistency, cases of "death in custody" and "death during police action" are often subsumed under the term "deaths in custody" and thus treated equally. Although there are administrative regulations that an autopsy should be performed in such death, there are regional differences exercising this rule.…”

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Homicide Manner-of-Death Classification in Arrest-Related Death

Kroll,

Wolf,

Cobb

et al. 2024

Am J Forensic Med Pathol

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Multiple studies have documented various factors that influence or determine forensic pathologist classification of manner of death. There do not appear to be any published studies on manner of death classification specifically regarding arrest-related deaths (ARDs). The goal of this study was to consider a large body of cases of nonfirearm ARDs to analyze the homicide classification with regards to numerous decedent and practitioner (medical examiner/coroner [ME/C]) variables. We analyzed 1145 US autopsy reports from the years 2006–2020, inclusive, and considered decedent variables of age, ethnicity, height, weight, body mass index, toxicology, and mention of a conducted electrical weapon and ME/C influence variables of gender, country region, and year. We found that the homicide classification likelihood increased by a factor of 1.04–1.05 per year, 1.34–1.37 for a female medical examiner, and 1.4–1.5 going from Southern states to Western states. There is an increasing trend for ME/C to label nonfirearm ARDs as homicides in the United States. The homicide classification is more common in Western states and less common in Southern states, and it was more common with a female ME/C.

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