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Child homicide in northern Tunisia: a retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases
| العنوان: | Child homicide in northern Tunisia: a retrospective study of forensic autopsy cases |
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| المؤلفون: | Meriem Grayaa, Ikram Kort, Yomn Naceur, Meriem Gharbaoui, Rihem Kouada, Olfa Bekir, Mohamed Allouche |
| المصدر: | Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | SpringerOpen, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence LCC:Medicine (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Child, Homicide, Autopsy, Tunisia, Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence, K1-7720, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| الوصف: | Abstract Background As far as we know, no previous research has investigated child homicide in Tunisia. In this context, our study was carried out to analyze the epidemiological and medico-legal characteristics of child homicide occurring in northern Tunisia over a 17-year period. Results Eighty-seven cases were collected, with a male-to-female ratio of 2.4. The mean age of the victims was 12.6 years for both sexes. We found that 56.3% of the cases were aged between 15 and 18 years. The majority of deaths under 15 years of age occurred at home as a result of intrafamilial homicide. Victims aged more than 15 years were more likely to be assaulted outside the home by a non-family member. The most frequent method of homicide was sharp force (39%) affecting mostly the heart and the lung, followed by blunt trauma (25%), which affected mainly the head. Sexual assault was diagnosed at autopsy in six victims (6.9%). Conclusions The study offers available data concerning the patterns of child homicide in northern Tunisia and may help to implement preventive measures against this kind of crime. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2090-5939 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2090-5939 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s41935-021-00247-1 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/a0a4e7e6488b4e898a7c42c999ccb3d6 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.0a4e7e6488b4e898a7c42c999ccb3d6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20905939 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s41935-021-00247-1 |