Proportion and characteristic of homicide victim examined in Forensic Medicine Installation Sardjito Public Centre Hospital (2003-2013)

Abstract

Homicide is a global phenomenon but characteristic of homicide may be different in different areas of the world. This is a 10-year homicide study conducted in in Indonesia to find out the various characteristics of homicide in Indonesia varying from personal features of victims, pattern of injuries and causes of death. Motives of assaulters and their relationship with the victims were also studied. In this study 339 victims of homicide were studied. Adults and men were mostly the victims. Trauma was the most important cause and beating by family members was the reason. Revenge was the reason behind most of these murders.