Medar Sajida, Keyes Craig Adam, Stuart Shirley Jena
Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2021 Dec;17(4):602-610. doi: 10.1007/s12024-021-00415-8. Epub 2021 Aug 26.
Mob justice fatalities are a gross violation of human rights as they represent extra-legal punishment. There is a paucity of research relating to the demographics of at-risk groups, nature of injuries and the impact to the Forensic Pathology Service at national and provincial levels. This was a retrospective study over 10 years (1 April 2006 to 31 March 2016) at Germiston Forensic Pathology Service Medico-legal Mortuary. The objectives were to describe the demographics of the victims of fatal mob justice, describe the trends of the number of fatalities and causes of death over time, assess hospitalization frequency, describe the nature and location of injuries sustained, and to report on ancillary investigations performed. A total of 354 cases were analyzed. All victims were Black (100%), with 99.4% of the sample group being male. The largest proportion was aged between 21-30 years (49.2%) with the majority having South African citizenship (68.9%). The majority of deaths were due to blunt force injuries (92.4%) with blunt force head injury being the most prevalent (79.9%). Half of the victims died on the scene (50.6%; n = 175). Hospitalization occurred in 49.4% (n = 175) of cases, of which, 56.3% died within 24 h of hospital admittance. Ancillary tests were ordered in 22.6% of cases. Adequate resources should be distributed to appropriate departments to engage with and monitor communities in high incidence areas to curb these killings.
暴民司法导致的死亡是对人权的严重侵犯，因为这代表着法外惩罚。目前，在国家和省级层面，针对高危群体的人口统计学特征、伤害性质以及对法医病理学服务的影响的研究匮乏。这是一项在杰明斯顿法医病理学服务机构的法医学停尸房进行的为期10年（2006年4月1日至2016年3月31日）的回顾性研究。其目的是描述暴民司法致死受害者的人口统计学特征，描述死亡人数和死亡原因随时间的变化趋势，评估住院频率，描述所受伤害的性质和部位，并报告所进行的辅助调查情况。共分析了354例病例。所有受害者均为黑人（100%），样本组中99.4%为男性。最大比例的受害者年龄在21至30岁之间（49.2%），大多数拥有南非公民身份（68.9%）。大多数死亡是由钝器伤导致的（92.4%），其中钝器头部损伤最为普遍（79.9%）。一半的受害者当场死亡（50.6%；n = 175）。49.4%（n = 175）的病例出现了住院情况，其中56.3%在入院后24小时内死亡。22.6%的病例进行了辅助检查。应向适当部门分配充足资源，以便与高发地区的社区进行接触并对其进行监测，从而遏制这些杀戮行为。
