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Self-Inflicted Injury
Tekijät: Saukko P, Pollak S
Toimittaja: Siegel JA, Saukko PJ, Houck MM
Kustantaja: Academic Press
Kustannuspaikka: Waltham
Julkaisuvuosi: 2013
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences
Aloitussivu: 110
Lopetussivu: 115
ISBN: 978-0-12-382165-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-382165-2.00170-7
Tiivistelmä
When practicing clinical forensic medicine, one has to bear in mind that injuries may have been self-inflicted for different purposes: with the objective of simulating a criminal offense (e.g., false rape allegation, feigned robbery), for the purpose of insurance fraud, as a suicidal gesture, in the context of mental diseases and personality disorders, or as an autoaggressive behavior in police custody, in penal institutions, and among soldiers. In the majority of cases, there are typical features pointing to possible self-infliction. Especially in simulated criminal offenses, the injury pattern is often highly significant. The main categories of self-induced bodily harm are presented and illustrated by examples from medicolegal casework.
When practicing clinical forensic medicine, one has to bear in mind that injuries may have been self-inflicted for different purposes: with the objective of simulating a criminal offense (e.g., false rape allegation, feigned robbery), for the purpose of insurance fraud, as a suicidal gesture, in the context of mental diseases and personality disorders, or as an autoaggressive behavior in police custody, in penal institutions, and among soldiers. In the majority of cases, there are typical features pointing to possible self-infliction. Especially in simulated criminal offenses, the injury pattern is often highly significant. The main categories of self-induced bodily harm are presented and illustrated by examples from medicolegal casework.
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