从1978年到2022年,华盛顿州金县对女性杀杀人的分析
Richard C Harruff1, Robert Johnston1, Micheline Lubin1
1King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Journal of forensic sciences
|September 27, 2023
概括
窒息杀人事件不成比例地影响女性,通常发生在已知的犯罪者家中. 诸如骨和骨折之类的损伤很常见,其模式因年龄和杀方法而异.
科学领域:
- 法医病理学 法医病理学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于窒息而导致的窒息是杀人的不常见但重要的原因.
- 女性受害者不成比例地受到杀杀人的影响.
- 了解这些案件的细微差别对于预防和正义至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查女性杀杀人的情况,动机和伤害.
- 分析随着时间的推移的人口趋势和模式.
- 确定这些暴力犯罪的风险因素和共同点.
主要方法:
- 使用了来自金县法医检查员办公室 (1995-2022) 的电子记录.
- 从解剖报告和杀人调查追踪系统中编制了关于女性杀杀人案 (1978-2016) 的综合数据集.
- 分析了人口统计,情况,动机和受伤模式.
主要成果:
- 从1995年到2022年,女性占杀杀人的80.3%.
- 截至2020年,杀杀人的平均年率一直在下降.
- 死亡的平均年龄因动机而异:27.7 (性侵犯),36.8 (家庭暴力),63.9 (抢劫).
- 杀人事件通常发生在私人住宅中,凶手是受害者所知的.
- 常见的损伤包括小 (83%),下腺骨折 (23%) 和甲状腺软骨骨折 (31%).
- 在手动杀和40岁以上的受害者中,骨折的发生率更高.
结论:
- 女性杀杀人案呈现出明显的人口统计和环境模式.
- 家庭暴力和性侵犯是重要的动机,特别是对年轻的受害者来说.
- 身体伤害,特别是骨折,提供了重要的法医证据.
- 持续监测和有针对性的预防策略是有必要的.
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