The interpretation of sharp force fatality dynamics may be difficult in some cases, but a
contribution to analysis of the phenomenon may be provided by case studies. Therefore, the …

Sharp force fatalities may have a homicidal, suicidal or accidental manner of death. To aid in
such differentiation this study aimed to identify medico-legal elements which were predictors …

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 retrospective, comparative study was carried out on 118 sharp force fatalities, including 70
homicides and 48 suicides, and covering a 22-year period from 1986 to 2008. The objective …

A retrospective study was carried out on postmortem examination data of 131 sharp force‐
related casualties recorded by the Brescia Institute of Forensic Medicine between 1982 and …

Cases at study comprise 21 sharp force fatalities (9 suicides–7 m and 2 f; 8 homicides–5 m
and 3 f; 2 accidental deaths–1 m and 1 f; 2 uncertain cases–2 m), examined from 1993 to …

Multivariate projective statistical methods (PCA, PLS-DA) and logistic regression analysis
were used to create models to make predictions regarding whether a certain fatality shows …

Generally, the term complex suicide refers to a form of suicide in which more than one
traumatic method is applied, simultaneously or consecutively, through multiple self-injurious …

Injuries caused by sharp or pointed objects are common. They rarely cause fatal injuries,
however, and the fatality rate is estimated to be 3% at most. Most fatalities caused by sharp …

Introduction The present research aims at analyzing criminological and medico-legal
characteristics of intra-familiar homicides occurred in two major Italian cities (Milano and …