TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The legal impact of forensic medical life-threatening danger assessment conclusions in cases of violent offense
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Jakobsen, Lykke Schrøder
A1  - Jacobsen, Christina
A1  - Asmussen, Ida Helene
A1  - Lynnerup, Niels
A1  - Banner, Jytte
SP  - e111034
EP  - e111034
VL  - 329
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between the legal outcome for suspected perpetrators and the forensic life-threatening danger assessments conducted as part of the clinical forensic medical examinations of victims with penetrating injuries. <br><br>METHOD: From the Danish Central Crime Register, we retrieved the legal outcomes for suspected perpetrators linked to victims with penetrating injuries in a six-year period and compared the proportional distribution of forensic life-threatening danger assessment conclusions - no life-threatening danger (NLD), could have been in life-threatening danger (CLD), and life-threatening danger (LD) - with the legal outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS: 326 victims were related to at least one identified suspected perpetrator with a legal outcome. When the forensic life-threatening danger assessments were more severe, an increased proportion of cases resulted in formal charges and, subsequently, conviction, than when the forensic life-threatening danger assessments were less severe. The percentage point differences between NLD, CLD, and LD were almost equal. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that the forensic life-threatening danger assessments are associated with the legal outcome, as both the proportion of cases with formal charges and the proportion of cases with a conviction increased with the severity of the forensic life-threatening danger assessment conclusions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.111034
ID  - ref1
ER  -