Opinion-related difficulties related to severe injuries of the facial and cerebral parts of the skull resulting from punching
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RIS BIB ENDNOTEOpinion-related difficulties related to severe injuries of the facial and cerebral parts of the skull resulting from punching = Trudności opiniodawcze związane z ciężkimi obrażeniami części twarzowej i mózgowej czaszki powstałymi w wyniku uderzenia pięścią
Publication date: 01.10.2021
Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2021, Vol. 71 (1-2), pp. 1 - 30
https://doi.org/10.4467/16891716AMSIK.21.001.14224Authors
Opinion-related difficulties related to severe injuries of the facial and cerebral parts of the skull resulting from punching
Aim: Comparison of injuries to the facial and cerebral parts of the skull causing death and grievous bodily harm, resulting solely from punches to the facial area of the skull. Assessment and confrontation of both groups in terms of the final criminal-legal classification of the perpetrator’s acts. Review of reasons for court judgements with a focus on the subjective elements of the prohibited act. Attempt to verify the hypothesis assuming that death or grievous bodily harm can be caused by a single punch to the facial part of the skull.
Material and methods: Final judgements passed by criminal divisions of common courts of law in cases where death or grievous bodily harm was caused by injuries to the facial and cerebral parts of the skull resulting solely from punches to the facial area of the skull. Assessment of individual cases within each group to determine similarities and differences. Comparative analysis of both groups.
Results: The cause of death in cases involving injuries to the facial part of the skull was rapid suffocation following blood aspiration into the respiratory tract. However, the criminal-legal classification of the perpetrators’ actions in these cases was varied. In one case, death resulted from injuries to the cerebral part of the skull, which are extremely rare as a result of a punch to the facial area within the skull. Grievous bodily harm was due to the loss of vision in the eye, typically due to eyeball rupture.
Conclusions: Even though the circumstances of the injuries were similar, different mechanisms were responsible for causing death and grievous bodily harm in the victims. The most severe consequences (death and grievous bodily harm) were not caused by injuries of the same type in any of the cases studied. A single punch to the facial part of the skull may be enough to lead to either grievous bodily harm or death, but the criminal-legal assessment of punching to the face can vary greatly.
Information: Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2021, Vol. 71 (1-2), pp. 1 - 30
Article type: Original article
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Opinion-related difficulties related to severe injuries of the facial and cerebral parts of the skull resulting from punching
Opinion-related difficulties related to severe injuries of the facial and cerebral parts of the skull resulting from punching = Trudności opiniodawcze związane z ciężkimi obrażeniami części twarzowej i mózgowej czaszki powstałymi w wyniku uderzenia pięścią
Department of Experimental Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Blessed Virgin Mary Provincial Specialist Hospital in Częstochowa, Poland
Published at: 01.10.2021
Received at: 02.06.2020
Accepted at: 21.01.2021
Article status: Open
Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA
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