This paper reviews the literature on deliberate self-burning (DSB) and compares patterns in
various countries. Fifty-five studies of deliberate self-harm or suicide by fire published in the …

News items reporting self-immolation by Tibetans have been on the increase in recent
years. After examining the corpse of a Swiss man who had committed suicide by deliberate …

While a number of nonmetric sex-related traits have been proposed, the accurate
assignment of sex to subadult skeletal materials is generally considered problematic. Eight …

The notion of planned and unplanned complex suicides first appeared in 1974 by
Marcinkowski and, since then, no systematic study of complex suicides has been published …

Two cases of planned complex suicide are presented. In both cases, the suicidal persons
shot themselves after making sure that in the sequel their bodies would be burnt. In the first …

The first two editions of Forensic Pathology have been highly touted as the definitive, go-to
text reference on forensic pathology and this latest edition is no exception. DiMaio's Forensic …

Among the few cases of suicidal self-incineration primary or secondary complex suicides are
a rarity. Accordingly the number of reports on this subject in the forensic literature is small. In …

Self-immolation is an uncommon method of suicide, and its occurrence in South Africa is
thus far unknown. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of self-immolation deaths …

Suicides involving more than one suicide method are termed “complex suicides” and need
to be differentiated from murders. Self-immolation is the action of setting fire to oneself and is …

Post-mortem computed tomography (CT) can provide useful insights into coronial and
forensic pathological investigation of the fire-damage victim. Understanding the pathological …