“Undoing” (or Symbolic Reversal) at Homicide Crime Scenes

Body transportation is defined as moving the body of the victim from the scene of a homicide to another location. We analyzed data on 513 South Korean homicide cases with convictions to compare 104 homicides involving the transportation of victims’ bodies with 409 homicides that did not. Offenders who transported their victims’ bodies were significantly younger and more likely to be related to the victims and were less likely to use sharp instruments and more likely to use blunt instruments or strangle the victims than offenders who did not. Victims of homicide involving body transportation were more likely to suffer injuries to the neck and head and less likely to suffer injuries to the torso. Finally, offenders who transported victims’ bodies were more likely to have planned the offense and destroyed evidence. The present findings have practical implications for police investigations.

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Body Transportation after Homicides: Offender and Offense Characteristics

Lee

Park

2018

“…While there is an extensive body of research on child maltreatment in South Korea, studies focusing on offense behaviors have been limited. Offense behaviors include the various actions and methods of perpetrators carried out at a crime scene . For instance, previous research on child abuse reported the use of blunt force by perpetrators during offenses, and perpetrators sometimes inflict head injuries and bite marks during the course of child abuse .…”

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Offender Characteristics and Behaviors in NonSexual Child Maltreatment

Park

2020

Data on 552 child maltreatment cases in South Korea involving convictions, including child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect, were analyzed in order to compare 259 offenses committed by male offenders with 293 offenses committed by female offenders. Relative to cases involving female offenders, male offenders both had a higher number of criminal convictions and were more likely to have previously abused their victims. By contrast, female offenders were more likely to have had financial difficulties, while their victims were significantly younger compared to male offenders. Male offenders were more likely to strike the victim, either manually or with an instrument, particularly a blunt instrument, whereas female offenders were more likely to pinch or bite their victims. The findings can aid social workers and medical personnel in recognizing the signs of child maltreatment and identifying at-risk children more effectively, helping to employ timely interventions and prevent the reoccurrence of child maltreatment.

“…KEYWORDS: forensic science, virtual crime scene, 3D motion capture, dynamics reconstruction, 3D model buildings, forensic injury biomechanics Crime scene investigation is fundamental in forensic cases (1). During the inspection of the crime scene, the forensic scientists collect scientific evidence in order to analyze the phases of a crime, preserve trace evidence, and search for the identity of the killer.…”

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“…Crime scene investigation is fundamental in forensic cases . During the inspection of the crime scene, the forensic scientists collect scientific evidence in order to analyze the phases of a crime, preserve trace evidence, and search for the identity of the killer.…”

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The Reconstruction of the Dynamic of a Murder Using 3D Motion Capture and 3D Model Buildings: The Investigation of a Dubious Forensic Case

Aquila

Sacco

Aquila

et al. 2019

Photographic surveying is fundamental to crime scene investigation. It is performed using 2D images; however, this method is limited because it does not offer a detailed view. We present a 3D (three‐dimensional) experimental model that has clarified unsolved aspects of a homicide. A woman was found dead in her home. Considering the large number of injuries on the victim, signs of the use of two weapons, and the absence of traces of the killer/s, several hypotheses about the dynamics and the number of offenders were made. The forensic surveys suggested that a single offender had used two weapons at the same time, but this hypothesis was considered to be impossible by investigators. Our 3D model allowed us to experimentally reproduce the murder and compare various dynamics. The model was used as evidence in Court to prove the hypothesis of a single killer and demonstrate that no other people were involved.