[Medico-legal and victymology aspects of homicides in the material of Białystok Institute of Forensic Medicine in the years 2004-2006].
The authors presented an analysis of homicides based on autopsy material collected at the Institute of Forensic Medicine Medical University of Białystok in the years 2004-2006. Of 1331 postmortem examinations, this type of death accounted for 4.28% of cases, including 19,3% women and 80.7% men. Married persons predominated among females and men. 63.1% of victims died on the crime scene, 29.8% within 24 hours. In immediate conflicts, fights and robberies, the perpetrators most commonly employed hard, blunt or blunt-edged crime weapons. In cases of murder with sexual and robbery homicides the strangulation method was used. No seasonal character in homicide prevalence was observed.
Zakład Medycyny Sadowej Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku, ul. Kilińskiego 1, 15-230 Białystok.
Magdalena
M
Okłota
Anna
A
Niemcunowicz-Janica
Jerzy
J
Janica
Janusz
J
Załuski
Tomasz
T
Dopierała
Maria
M
Rydzewska-Dudek
Iwona
I
Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek
Wojciech
W
Stepniewski
Michał
M
Szeremeta
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate; D054041:Weapons / Q000145:classification; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*