Category: Homicide

Am J Public Health. 2025 May 15:e1-e9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308069. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTObjectives. To create a comprehensive, publicly available data set of state-level nonfatal firearm...

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2025 May 9;75:102631. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2025.102631. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSuicides with a high number of sharp force injuries are extremely uncommon, in particular...

BMC Med Ethics. 2025 May 9;26(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12910-025-01219-z.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: End-of-life (EoL) decisions represent some of the most ethically complex and emotionally charged aspects of healthcare. Understanding...

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2025 May 8:306624X251338328. doi: 10.1177/0306624X251338328. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy...

Eur Radiol Exp. 2025 May 4;9(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s41747-025-00586-x.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Gunshot deaths due to homicide or military encounters are a major health concern. Noninvasive bullet characterization is...

Forensic Sci Int. 2025 Apr 26;371:112477. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112477. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHomicide involving minors (under 18 years old) has always posed challenges for forensic experts....

Malays J Pathol. 2025 Apr;47(1):103-111.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Homicide is the deliberate act of causing death or injury, leading to the unlawful demise of an individual, with 464,000...

Forensic Sci Int. 2025 Apr 22;371:112476. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112476. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To investigate an AI-based method for automatically identifying and classifying sharp injuries using...

Cad Saude Publica. 2025 Apr 25;41(4):e00120224. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPT120224. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTIn Brazil, homicides have profoundly affected mortality patterns since the 1980s, with significant impacts on the...

J Forensic Leg Med. 2025 Mar 27;112:102850. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2025.102850. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To analyse the trends in community deaths in County St. Patrick in...

JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 1;8(4):e256841. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.6841.ABSTRACTIMPORTANCE: Reported cases of assisted dying have increased in countries with such legislation. In Belgium, where euthanasia was...

Am J Prev Med. 2025 Feb 25:S0749-3797(25)00049-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.02.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: The U.S. has the highest rate of deadly police encounters in the...

Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2025 Apr 22. doi: 10.1007/s12024-025-01013-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis is a case report of a postmortem dismemberment (removal of the head)...

Cureus. 2025 Mar 18;17(3):e80797. doi: 10.7759/cureus.80797. eCollection 2025 Mar.ABSTRACTFatal sharp-cut injuries are often associated with violent acts and are typically considered homicidal in nature. This...

Acta Psychol (Amst). 2025 Apr 16;256:105013. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105013. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDisgust, an evolutionarily adaptive mechanism for pathogen avoidance, plays a critical role in shaping...

Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2025 Apr 16. doi: 10.1007/s12024-025-01007-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAmong the various methods employed in the commission of homicide, the occurrence of...

Int J Epidemiol. 2025 Apr 12;54(3):dyaf034. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaf034.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in Mexico stagnated from the early 2000s, mainly due to increased...

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025 Mar 25;45:101057. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101057. eCollection 2025 May.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The prevalence of anxiety disorders among the adult population in Latin America (LATAM)...

Am J Prev Med. 2025 Apr 10:S0749-3797(25)00113-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.04.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: A complex and ongoing issue in firearm violence prevention research is correctly...

Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Mar 25;13(7):729. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13070729.ABSTRACTBackground: Workplace violence refers to acts that occur inside or outside the workplace, ranging from verbal harassment, bullying, threats...

Ann Palliat Med. 2025 Mar;14(2):114-127. doi: 10.21037/apm-24-157.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: End-of-life care for persons experiencing severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) is a complex topic that deserves more...

Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2025 Apr 10. doi: 10.1007/s12024-025-01001-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn recent years, bear attacks in Slovakia have increased, including two fatal attacks....

Crim Justice Behav. 2024 Nov;51(11):1734-1754. doi: 10.1177/00938548241257604. Epub 2024 Jun 25.ABSTRACTApproximately one in seven homicides globally is committed by a partner within an intimate relationship....

Medicina (B Aires). 2025;85(2):296-304.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Although euthanasia is an issue on the Argentinean parliamentary agenda, there is still confusion about its conceptualisation and limitations to its...

J Forensic Leg Med. 2025 Apr 1;112:102863. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2025.102863. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTReview was undertaken of historical mummifications which has shown that this process has...

J Forensic Sci. 2025 Apr 4. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.70035. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis study evaluates the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) tools (ChatGPT-4, Claude, and Gemini)...

Br J Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 4:1-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.65. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The methodology and impact of independent inquiries of homicides by people in care...

J Law Med. 2025 Apr;31(4):783-825.ABSTRACTAlthough the function of a coronial inquest is to determine the time, manner and cause of death, in cases of an...

J Law Med. 2025 Apr;31(4):743-750.ABSTRACTThis article considers the role of coroners as a porthole into the content and operation of voluntary assisted dying (VAD) regimes....

Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 3;15(1):11404. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-92723-0.ABSTRACTA global experience that every human life meets is death. For several decades, individuals have reported their unique encounters...