Analysis of 105 Incarcerated Inmate’s Death
10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2015.05.009
- VernacularTitle:105例被监管人员死亡案例分析
- Author:
Yutao LI
;
Lijuan SONG
;
Aikui CAO
;
Jian ZHOU
;
Cairong GAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
forensic pathology;
cause of death;
incarcerated person;
cases analysis
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2015;(5):366-368
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analyze the characteristics in the incarcerated inm ate’s death, investigate the m ain cause of death of the incarcerated inm ate and provide som e inform ation for forensic investigation. Methods The cases from the forensic m edical center of Shanxi Medical U niversity from 2005 to 2013 were selected. The statistical analysis w as perform ed by using the incarcerated inm ate’s gender, age, cause of death, m anner of death, and disease as the m arkers. Results There were 100 men, 5 w omen in the 105 incarcerated inm ates;the age range w as from 16 to 65 years;Inm ates were mostly died of nat-ural diseases, m ainly in the respiratory and cardiovascular diseases;the m ain unnatural death w as suicide w ith a rate of 54.5%. Conclusion Atpresent, most incarcerated inm ate’s death are due to natural dis-eases. The prison should im prove incarcerated inm ate’s lives, w ork and health care conditions, and strengthen supervision of law enforcement.
