RESUMO
Autoerotic fatalities in the Greater Dusseldorf area correspond to the relevant medicolegal literature. Our results included exclusively young to middle-aged, usually single men who were found dead in their city apartments. Clothing and devices used showed a great variety. Women's or fetish clothing and complex shackling or hanging devices were disproportionately frequent. In most cases, death occurred due to hanging or ligature strangulation. There was no increased incidence of underlying psychiatric disorders. In most of the deceased no or at least no remarkable alcohol intoxication was found. Occasionally, it may be difficult to reliably differentiate autoerotic accidents, accidents occurring in connection with practices of bondage & discipline, dominance & submission (BDSM) from natural death, suicide or homicide.
Assuntos
Masturbação/mortalidade , Masturbação/patologia , Comportamento Sexual , Adolescente , Adulto , Asfixia/mortalidade , Asfixia/patologia , Autopsia , Causas de Morte , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Alemanha , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Automutilação/mortalidade , Automutilação/patologia , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Suicídio/legislação & jurisprudência , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Presented is the case of a 33 years old farmer, who alleged to have lost his left hand accidentally when grasping into a chuff-cutter. Immediate investigation of the amputate proved, that the hand must have been severed initially by a single cut and was only secondarily bruised by multiple blunt contusions. The farmer confessed to have mutilated himself with some kind of a guillotine which he had constructed for that particular purpose. The amputate was then thrown into the chuff-cutter to make his allegation appear credible and to prevent replantation. The motivation of this self-mutilation was the expectation of considerable insurance payments.
Assuntos
Amputação Traumática/patologia , Traumatismos da Mão/patologia , Automutilação/patologia , Adulto , Alemanha Ocidental , Mãos/patologia , Humanos , Seguro de Acidentes/legislação & jurisprudência , MasculinoRESUMO
During the past few years in the Federal Republic of Germany, there has been a continuous increase in deliberate self-inflicted damage with the aim of defrauding insurance companies. This paper concerns itself with amputations of the finger(s) caused by axes, electric saws, and blunt force. The difficulty of proving an intentional injury is shown, and suggestions for a procedure for making a report are given.