Descriptive study of autopsies in the Atlantic and Magdalena departments

Mebarak Chams, Mois Roberto ^[1] ; De Castro, Alberto ^[1] ; Polo Vargas, Jean David ^[1] ; Morales Lopez, Mabel ^[1] ; Villabona, Diego ^[1] ; Rodriguez Vargas, Juan Carlos ^[1] ; Tovar Castro, Juan Camilo ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad del Norte
  
  Universidad del Norte
  
  Colombia
Localización: Psicogente, ISSN-e 2027-212X, ISSN 0124-0137, Vol. 20, Nº. 37, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: January-June)
Idioma: español
Títulos paralelos:
- Estudio descriptivo de las autopsias en los departamentos Atlántico y Magdalena
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Resumen
- The present study is aimed to determine some epidemiological aspects related to homicides committed by hired killers with firearms. We conducted a data collection survey of historical records from the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. The sample (n = 310) is composed of homicide victims in 2007 in the departments of Atlántico and Magdalena. We found that 93.5 % of the victims were male. Most of the victims (38.7 %) were found in the age range between 21 and 30 years old. A high percentage (32.9 %) of the victims were unmar- ried. The most common racial trait was the “mestizo” (94.2 %). A percentage of 48.4 % of the victims had a height between 161 and 170 cms. The days with higher incidence of killings were Mondays (19 %) and Fridays (18.4 %). The places where most of the murders happened were “in public” places with a percentage of 33.2 %. The most common number of bullet impacts was “2” with a 21.3 %. The most common body region impacted was on the head. Finally the paper presents the findings of the study.