Ferguson Claire, Pooley Kamarah
School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2019 Aug;66:70-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2019.06.007. Epub 2019 Jun 14.
Offenders successfully disposing of a homicide victim's body creates challenges to the criminal justice process, yet no research literature exists on no-body homicide cases. We explored 25 solved homicides in Australia where no part of the victim's body was recovered. Coroners' findings, case law, and media reports from 1983 to 2017 were examined qualitatively and descriptively. Features of the cases differed based on whether the homicide was related to organized crime, serial sexual offences, or domestic violence. Challenges posed by each type of case are discussed and opportunities for solving these cases are examined.
成功处理杀人受害者尸体的罪犯给刑事司法程序带来了挑战，但目前尚无关于无尸体杀人案件的研究文献。我们探究了澳大利亚25起已破案的杀人案件，这些案件中受害者的尸体均未找到。对1983年至2017年的验尸官调查结果、判例法和媒体报道进行了定性和描述性研究。根据杀人案件是否与有组织犯罪、连环性犯罪或家庭暴力有关，这些案件的特征有所不同。本文讨论了各类案件所带来的挑战，并研究了解决这些案件的机会。
