TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Homicide in Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France): A four-year review
JO  - Journal of clinical forensic medicine
A1  - Saint-Martin, Pauline
A1  - Bouyssy, Marie
A1  - Bathellier, Stephane
A1  - Sarraj, Saad
A1  - O'Byrne, P.
SP  - 331
EP  - 334
VL  - 13
IS  - 6-8
N2  - This retrospective study examined homicides in two French departments located in the West of France (Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher) for a four-year period from 2000 to 2003. During this period 63 homicidal deaths were investigated at the Institute of Forensic Science of Tours (Indre-et-Loire). There were 45 male and 18 female victims with an average homicide rate of 1.55 per 100,000 persons. The mean age of the victims was 42 years-old. Forty-five assailants were identified; their mean age was 38 years-old. The most common method of homicide was the use of firearms (40% of the cases), followed by blunt-force injury (36%) and sharp-force injury (16%). 51% of the victims knew their assailant, a family member in 26% of the cases. Spousal homicides occurred in 16% of the cases. Dyadic death occurred in six cases. A review of the literature compares these findings to other populations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-1131
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.014
ID  - ref1
ER  -