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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE To explore the characteristic self-binding behavior of suicide for scene investigation.
METHODS Thirty-one cases were collected of suicide with self-binding behavior occurring from 2011 to 2018 in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, together with fourteen relevant published literatures. All cases were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTS For the thirty-one suicidal cases with self-binding behaviors, the death causes were involved with drowning, hanging, asphyxiation from covering head with plastic bag, electric shock, charcoal burning and fire.
CONCLUSIONS The characteristic self- binding behaviors are of associability with the death cause. The conditions of binding hands can indicate whether the binding behavior was done by oneself of the suicide, demonstrating the complex self-binding conduct being meticulous and inefficient.The investigation points of suicidal cases with self-binding should focus on the achievability by experiments of finishing the conduct by just one single person, careful investigation into the scene and every aspects/items of the case in accordance with the stipulated homicidal standards and requirements. © 2020, Editorial Office of Forensic Science and Technology. All rights reserved.
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