@article{ref1,
title="Death certification of "suicide by cop"",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2011",
author="Neitzel, Amber R. and Gill, James R.",
volume="56",
number="6",
pages="1657-1660",
abstract="Death certification of &quot;suicide by cop&quot; is controversial among some medical examiners and coroners. We present five such deaths that were certified as suicides and discuss the medico-legal issues involved with these certifications. To certify such a death as a suicide, certain criteria should be met. Suicide by cop is a circumstance that involves competing intentional acts that may result in dichotomous determinations of the manner of death. Despite the absence of direct self-infliction, there is overwhelming evidence that these five individuals intended to end their own lives. Their use of an unusual method to accomplish this goal may inappropriately result in a reflexive certification of homicide. All of the decedents possessed weapons or a facsimile of a weapon. We present five instances of suicide by cop and contend that these types of deaths are best certified as suicides.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01891.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01891.x"
}