Murder by stabbing

Hunt, A. C.<sup>1</sup>; Cowling, R. J.<sup>1</sup>

Affiliations

¹Department of Histopathology, Derriford Hospital, Derriford Road, Plymouth, PL6 8DH (U.K.)

Abstract and keywords

A series of 100 deaths from homicidal stabbing has been analysed for the causation of the violence, the age and sex of both the victim and the assailant, the multiplicity of wounds, the site of single wounds, the incidence of defence wounds, association with other injuries and the weapons used.

Keywords: Stab Wounds; Penetrating Wounds; Homicide; Forensic Pathology

Links

DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(91)90102-O

PubMed: 1783333

WoS: A1991GW16600014

History

Received: 1991-09-06

Revised: 1991-09-18

Accepted: 1991-09-23

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