Koops E, Burwinkel K, Kleiber M, Püschel K
Acta Med Leg Soc (Liege). 1986;36(1):165-75.
In the period from 1959 to 1984 the Institute of Legal Medicine in Hamburg had to investigate 27 cases of criminal dismemberment. With regard to all legal autopsies the average frequency was about 1:500. A distinct increase of the number of cases is noticeable within the last years; i.e., 1984 there were 6 victims. Our study enclosed the autopsy findings, the police investigations, and the available court records. 11 cases were classified as defensive and 16 cases as offensive dismemberment of bodies (among these: 2 cases of dismemberment after stealing the corpse and 2 cases of killing the victims by decapitation). One perpetrator had 3 victims, twice there was a perpetrator with 2 victims. The victims were of all ages, but mainly between 40 and 50 years old. 22 of them were female and 5 male. 16 perpetrators could be identified, 14 of them were male and 2 female; all of them were older than 30 years, mostly between the age of 40 and 50. The psychiatric experts classified 11 of the perpetrators as "normal," 3 as abnormal, and 2 as psychotic. More details concerning victims, perpetrators, used instruments for killing and dismembering, elimination and identification of the dismembered bodies and judicial aspects are given in this paper.
1959年至1984年期间，汉堡法医学研究所不得不对27起刑事碎尸案件展开调查。就所有法定尸检而言，平均发生率约为1:500。在过去几年中，案件数量有明显增加；例如，1984年有6名受害者。我们的研究涵盖了尸检结果、警方调查以及现有的法庭记录。11起案件被归类为自卫性碎尸，16起为攻击性碎尸（其中：2起是偷尸后碎尸，2起是斩首杀害受害者）。一名犯罪者有3名受害者，有两次是一名犯罪者有2名受害者。受害者年龄各异，但主要在40岁至50岁之间。其中22名是女性，5名是男性。可以确定16名犯罪者，其中14名是男性，2名是女性；他们均超过30岁，大多在40岁至50岁之间。精神病专家将11名犯罪者归类为“正常”，3名归类为异常，2名归类为精神病患者。本文给出了关于受害者、犯罪者、用于杀害和碎尸的工具、碎尸的处理和辨认以及司法方面的更多细节。
