title: [Fatal violence by adolescents toward children--sexual motivation is in the foreground].
abstract: In seven cases, obtained from the autopsy material of two German institutes of forensic medicine (Hamburg and Berlin-East) the circumstances of manslaughter committed by youth versus children are presented. There is a tendency of sexual background in such an offender-victim-constellation. The cause of death was strangulation in most cases; the perpetrators intended to conceal the sexual misuse. Such cases are very rare; epidemiological conclusions concerning escalating violence of the youth cannot be drawn.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Risse
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lignitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011902:Rape / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*