Hesitation wounds are tentative, superficial incised wounds around the fatal wound (s). This
study aimed to investigate the frequency and characteristic features of hesitation wounds …

In sharp force injury cases, the presence of hesitation marks or defense wounds figures
among useful characteristics in the distinction of suicide and homicide. However, there are …

A total of 65 suicidal cases due to sharp force injuries (cut and/or stab wounds) were
investigated. Suicide by sharp force injuries accounted for 2.5% of all suicides in our …

The aim of this paper was to showcase the significant diagnostic value of hesitation wounds
in terms of forensic, psychiatric, and medicolegal interest. A number of studies were …

The files of the Forensic Science Center in Adelaide, South Australia, were examined for all
cases listed as suicide in which death had been caused by the use of a sharp instrument …

A study was undertaken on suicidal cases due to sharp force injuries (cut and/or stab
wounds) observed at the Northern Branch of the National Institute of Legal Medicine …

The differential diagnosis between self‐inflicted and nonself‐inflicted, suicidal and
homicidal, injuries is difficult or impossible in many cases and, above all, cannot be made on …

A case of a 78-year-old woman suspected of committing suicide is reported; an analysis of
the evidence suggesting that she threw herself into the river after stabbing and cutting her …

In the past, self-infliction of sharp force was a classic form of suicide, while in modern times it
is quite rare, constituting only 2% to 3% of all self-inflicted deaths. In Japan, the jigai ritual is …

Fatalities resulting from sharp force injuries may be of accidental, homicidal or suicidal
origin. Cut-throat and cut-stab wounds are “effective” in homicidal attacks with sharp objects …