Hsieh Ming-Li, Neuilly Melanie-Angela
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA.
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA
J Interpers Violence. 2016 May 3;34(5):1063-1073. doi: 10.1177/0886260516647006. Print 2019 Mar 1.
This study seeks to establish whether medico-legal practitioners differ in their autopsy conclusions within and across medico-legal institutions. Data include 459 violent deaths (homicides, suicides, and accidents) autopsy reports written by more than 20 death certifiers from four medico-legal institutions in two countries (France and the United States). Multinomial models show that compared with accidental deaths, weapon use and decedents' characteristics both influence a homicide verdict, but not a suicide one. In addition, French practitioners are more likely than Americans to reach a conclusion of homicide or suicide compared with accident, and homicides are more likely to be certified by male practitioners.
本研究旨在确定法医从业者在法医机构内部以及跨机构尸检结论上是否存在差异。数据包括来自两个国家（法国和美国）四个法医机构的20多名死亡证明开具者撰写的459份暴力死亡（凶杀、自杀和意外）尸检报告。多项模型显示，与意外死亡相比，凶器使用和死者特征均会影响凶杀裁决，但不影响自杀裁决。此外，与意外情况相比，法国从业者比美国从业者更有可能得出凶杀或自杀的结论，而且凶杀更有可能由男性从业者开具证明。
