Quantifying Homicide Injuries: A Swedish Time Trend Study Using the Homicide Injury Scale

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI:10.1515/sjfs-2017-0005

F. Tamsen, J. Sturup, I. Thiblin

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Abstract Studies report that the homicide rate has decreased considerably in most Western countries since the 1990s. However, few studies have examined the level of injury in homicides. The injury severity in homicide victims was studied in the Stockholm area using both the Homicide Injury Scale (HIS) and the number of lethal injuries per victim. Cases were included from four periods; 1976-78, 1986-88, 1996-98, and 2006-08. The number of homicides with overkill according to the HIS was significantly higher in 1996-98 compared to 1976-78. Compared with 1976-78, the number of lethal injuries per victim was significantly higher both in 1996-98 and 2006-2008. There are various possible reasons for the changes, including a brutalization of lethal violence or a more effective trauma care. More in-depth analysis of individual cases together with research on victims of attempted homicides is needed to explain these shifts in injury severity.

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量化杀人伤害:瑞典杀人伤害量表的时间趋势研究

研究报告称，自20世纪90年代以来，大多数西方国家的凶杀率大幅下降。然而，很少有研究调查了杀人案中的伤害程度。采用杀人罪伤害量表(HIS)和每名受害者的致命伤害数对斯德哥尔摩地区杀人罪受害者的伤害严重程度进行了研究。病例包括四个时期;1976-78、1986-88、1996-98和2006-08。根据HIS的数据，1996-98年的杀人案件数量明显高于1976-78年。与1976-78年相比，1996-98年和2006-2008年，每个受害者的致命伤害数量都显著增加。这些变化可能有多种原因，包括致命暴力的残酷化或更有效的创伤护理。需要对个别案件进行更深入的分析，并对谋杀未遂的受害者进行研究，以解释这些伤害严重程度的变化。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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