Püschel K, Koops E
Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Hamburg.
Arch Kriminol. 1987 Sep-Oct;180(3-4):88-100.
31 cases of criminal dismemberment or mutilation were investigated in the period from 1959 to 1987 at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Hamburg. 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. 12 cases were classified as defensive and 14 cases as offensive dismemberment of bodies; 2 cases of necrophilous dismemberment occurred after stealing the corpse and 3 victims were killed by intravital decapitation or mutilation. The victims were of all ages, but mainly between 20 and 60 years old; 22 of them were female and 9 male. 23 perpetrators could be identified; 18 of them were male and 5 female, most of them were between 30 and 40 years of age. The psychiatric expertises classified 17 of the perpetrators as "normal", 3 as abnormal and 3 as psychotic. Many morphological and criminological details concerning victims, perpetrators, used instruments for killing and dismembering, elimination and identification of the dismembered bodies and some juridical aspects are presented.
1959年至1987年期间，汉堡法医学研究所对31起刑事肢解或残害案件进行了调查。在所有法定尸检中，平均发生率约为1:500。近年来案件数量明显增加；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。12起案件被归类为防御性尸体肢解，14起为攻击性尸体肢解；2起恋尸性肢解案件发生在偷取尸体之后，3名受害者是被活体斩首或残害致死。受害者年龄各异，但主要在20岁至60岁之间；其中22名是女性，9名是男性。可以确定23名犯罪者的身份；其中18名是男性，5名是女性，他们大多在30岁至40岁之间。精神病学鉴定将17名犯罪者归类为“正常”，3名归类为异常，3名归类为精神病患者。文中呈现了许多关于受害者、犯罪者、用于杀害和肢解的工具、被肢解尸体的处理和辨认以及一些司法方面的形态学和犯罪学细节。
