物理老年虐待伤害中的机制和武器:从法律上裁决的案件中得出的结论
Tony Rosen1, Brady Rippon2, Alyssa Elman1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, 525 East 68th Street, Room M130, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Injury
|June 9, 2023
概括
身体虐待老年人通常涉及对虐待者的身体部位而不是对象的攻击. 了解这些伤害机制和武器对于识别老年人虐待及其模式至关重要.
科学领域:
- 法医医学 法医医学
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 虐待老年人是一个重要的公共卫生问题,伤害机制描述不足.
- 了解老年人身体虐待是如何发生的,可以改善虐待案件的识别.
- 这项研究的重点是伤害机制和用于身体虐待老年人的武器.
研究的目的:
- 描述老年人身体虐待案件中受伤的机制.
- 识别身体虐待老年人所使用的武器类型.
- 分析伤害机制,武器和由此产生的伤害模式之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 对医疗,警察和法律记录进行系统审查.
- 分析了164起成功起诉的老年人身体虐待案件 (60岁以上的受害者).
- 从2001年到2014年收集的数据来自三个县的地区检察官办公室.
主要成果:
- 受害者平均受伤4.1次.
- 使用手/拳头的粗暴攻击是最常见的机制 (44.5%).
- 虐待者的身体部位比对象 (23.8%) 更常被用作武器 (72.6%).
- 口腔/面部/牙/部受伤和伤通常与手/拳头攻击有关.
- 女性受害者更有可能经历手/拳头攻击,但不太可能被物体攻击.
结论:
- 身体虐待老年人主要涉及虐待者的身体部位作为武器.
- 使用的特定机制和武器直接影响观察到的受伤模式.
- 这些发现可以帮助识别和理解身体虐待老年人.
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