title: Murder by stabbing.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, U.K.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cowling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs / Q000293:injuries; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology