Citation

Hiss J, Rosenberg SB, Adelson L. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1985; 6(3): 250-255.

Affiliation

Laboratory of the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, Cleveland, Ohio.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3870680

Abstract

Death during autoerotic episodes is of special concern to law enforcement officials, the coroner or medical examiner, the family of the decedent, and to society as a whole. As in the probing of any violent demise, accurate preservation of all evidentiary material, complete photographic documentation, reconstruction of the scene, and interviews with family and acquaintances ("psychological autopsy") are mandatory for proper completion of the case. A recent, atypical instance of sexual asphyxia arising from a bizarre incident exemplifies the foregoing dicta and provides a vivid example of "psychopathia sexualis."

Language: en