Homicide or suicide by strangulation: Case report

[Strangulation: murder or suicide?].

a rare case of homicide by dual method-strangulation with cut throat: a case report

background : homicide is killing of a human being by another human being. various methods like strangulation, cut throat, stabbing etc may be used for homicide; however combination of two mechanisms is rare. case report: hereby we present a rare case with unexpected appearance of two different mechanisms of homicide applied over same region, wherein body of a female was referred to us with hist...

Homicide by ligature strangulation in Finland: offence and offender characteristics.

In Finland, homicide by ligature strangulation is a rare event. The purpose of this study was to investigate recent homicide cases by ligature strangulation and to analyse offence and offender characteristics. All forensic psychiatric evaluation statements of offenders accused of ligature strangulation homicides during the 7-year period 1996--2002 (n=19) were reviewed retrospectively. Thirty-fi...

Penoscrotal Strangulation Caused by a Steel Ring: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION Strangulation of the penis and scrotum by a constricting object has been rarely reported. AIM To describe a man with penoscrotal strangulation caused by a steel ring and its successful removal. METHODS A 28-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 7-hour history of a steel ring lodged at the base of his penis and scrotum. Removal was accomplished with the assis...

Correlating homicide and suicide.

BACKGROUND The relationship between homicide and suicide has been studied extensively, but with conflicting results. The primary objective of this study was to examine the correlation between homicide and suicide rates in a large cross-sectional sample of UN member states. METHODS The study used age-standardized data on homicide and suicide for 65 international locales compiled by the World H...