Citation

Dermengiu D, Naji MH, Curca CG, Hostiuc S. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2011; 33(2): 163-166.

Affiliation

National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania; and Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Thamar University, Dhamar, Yemen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e31822d3562

PMID

21897190

Abstract

Domestic violence is a significant health problem affecting women all around the world by causing a wide range of physical and psychological traumas. Yemen has a very high percentage of women experiencing intimate partner violence (up to 50%) and a high mortality rate. In this article, we are presenting 3 particular cases of domestic violence deaths in which the weapon used was a jambia (jambia, jambiah, jambiya, djambia), a special dagger specific to Yemen and the surrounding areas. We are also summarizing the main characteristics of jambia-inflicted lesions and their thanatology.

Language: en