Artigo
Analysis of the procedures used to evaluate suicide crime scenes in Brazil: A statistical approach to interpret reports
Registro en:
Journal Of Forensic And Legal Medicine. Oxford: Elsevier Sci Ltd, v. 26, p. 29-38, 2014.
1752-928X
10.1016/j.jflm.2014.06.004
WOS:000343300600008
0500034174785796
Autor
Bruni, Aline Thais
Velho, Jesus Antonio
Lopes Ferreira, Arthur Serra
Tasso, Maria Julia
Ferrari, Rassa Santos
Yoshida, Ricardo Luis
Dias, Marcos Salvador
Pereira Leite, Vitor Barbanti [UNESP]
Resumen
This study uses statistical techniques to evaluate reports on suicide scenes; it utilizes 80 reports from different locations in Brazil, randomly collected from both federal and state jurisdictions. We aimed to assess a heterogeneous group of cases in order to obtain an overall perspective of the problem. We evaluated variables regarding the characteristics of the crime scene, such as the detected traces (blood, instruments and clothes) that were found and we addressed the methodology employed by the experts. A qualitative approach using basic statistics revealed a wide distribution as to how the issue was addressed in the documents. We examined a quantitative approach involving an empirical equation and we used multivariate procedures to validate the quantitative methodology proposed for this empirical equation. The methodology successfully identified the main differences in the information presented in the reports, showing that there is no standardized method of analyzing evidences. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved. Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Ciencias & Letras Ribeirao Preto, Dept Quim, Sao Paulo, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, FCFRP, Dept Anal Cln Toxicol & Bromatol, Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 DRPC, DPC 18, Secao Tecn Reg Criminalist, Sao Sebastiao Do Paraiso, MG, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, IBILCE, Dept Fis, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, IBILCE, Dept Fis, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil