Evaluation of Shotgun Suicides in Konya, Turkey Between 2000 and 2007

dc.contributor.authorDemirci, Serafettin
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Kamil Hakan
dc.contributor.authorDeniz, Idris
dc.contributor.authorErkol, Zerrin
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T18:50:37Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T18:50:37Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe number of the suicides is increasing all around the world. In this study, the cases autopsied between 2000 and 2007 in The Konya Branch of Forensic Medicine Council were retrospectively investigated. Fifty-seven shotgun suicides were determined. The cases were evaluated in terms of their demographic characters, site of entrance wound, the type of the cartridge used, shooting distance, the place of incident, the place of death, motive for suicide, and the presence of previous suicide attempts. The most preferred site of entrance wound was the head with 34 cases (59.7%). Of 34 cases in which the entrance wound was on the head, there was indirect mandibular fracture in 16 cases (47.1%). In 11 cases (19.3%), there observed small ecchymosed abrasions on the finger surfaces, which are thought to have resulted from the trigger kicking back during triggering or the finger having been stuck between the trigger and the trigger guard. It is concluded that there is a need for a legal regulation that makes obtaining of shotguns more difficult and the people who have them are to be educated not to keep them in easily accessible places.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/PAF.0000000000000069en_US
dc.identifier.endpage49en_US
dc.identifier.issn0195-7910en_US
dc.identifier.issn1533-404Xen_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.pmid24457578en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage45en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000000069
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/30842
dc.identifier.volume35en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000331518600012en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINSen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGYen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectshotgunen_US
dc.subjectforensicen_US
dc.subjectfirearmsen_US
dc.subjectsuicideen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of Shotgun Suicides in Konya, Turkey Between 2000 and 2007en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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