Studies of felonious crimes by the University Department of Forensic Medicine in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
This paper gives an understanding of Japan in the respect of forensic medicine. The fight against felonious crimes in Kumamoto is introduced by reference to the police system, crime statistics, an association of police surgeons and medico-legal autopsy in Kumamoto Prefecture. The police have 23 local police stations with 2,670 police officers and the unique Hashutsu-sho and Chyuzai-sho systems. The crime rate is not very high, but crimes committed by Yakuza groups and traffic accidents are major problems in Kumamoto. Medico-legal autopsy is performed in the university department on only criminal and suspected cases after examination of the body externally by a police surgeon. Two illustrative cases are also introduced in this report, which shows good cooperation among the police force, the university department of forensic medicine, and police surgeons in Kumamoto, Japan.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Tsunenari
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Kibayashi
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Honjyo
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Hamada
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice; D016495:Police