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Profiling Players Involved in Overkill: An Analysis of 71 Cases in Central Italy

“Overkill” is characterized by the finding of excessive wounds on the victim’s body. Despite the large use of this term, it does not have a definition in the literature yet. Our study aimed to analyze the information related to the dynamics of overkill cases, collecting objective variables, and prod...

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Autores principales: Tavone, Alessandro Mauro, Ceccobelli, Giulia, Piizzi, Giorgia, Vella, Raimondo, Giuga, Gabriele, Cammarano, Andrea, Petroni, Giulia, Marella, Gian Luca
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9601694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36292320
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101873
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author Tavone, Alessandro Mauro
Ceccobelli, Giulia
Piizzi, Giorgia
Vella, Raimondo
Giuga, Gabriele
Cammarano, Andrea
Petroni, Giulia
Marella, Gian Luca
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Ceccobelli, Giulia
Piizzi, Giorgia
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Giuga, Gabriele
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description “Overkill” is characterized by the finding of excessive wounds on the victim’s body. Despite the large use of this term, it does not have a definition in the literature yet. Our study aimed to analyze the information related to the dynamics of overkill cases, collecting objective variables, and producing a profile of the players involved in this type of homicides. Data on 71 overkill cases from reports of the autopsies performed in the Section of Legal Medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2020 were collected. The victims and the perpetrators of overkill shared similar characteristics: they were usually male aged between 20 and 50 years, more likely in the 20–35 years range; victims however also showed another age peak in the range 50–55 years. The type of damage can be linked to the sole action of a cold weapon or the simultaneous use of multiple harmful tools with no significant differences. The most common motive proved to be a dispute for futile reasons; however, in the case of a single perpetrator of the crime, the economic and passionate motives are as frequent as the previous one. Implications of the findings and avenues for future research are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-96016942022-10-27 Profiling Players Involved in Overkill: An Analysis of 71 Cases in Central Italy Tavone, Alessandro Mauro Ceccobelli, Giulia Piizzi, Giorgia Vella, Raimondo Giuga, Gabriele Cammarano, Andrea Petroni, Giulia Marella, Gian Luca Healthcare (Basel) Article “Overkill” is characterized by the finding of excessive wounds on the victim’s body. Despite the large use of this term, it does not have a definition in the literature yet. Our study aimed to analyze the information related to the dynamics of overkill cases, collecting objective variables, and producing a profile of the players involved in this type of homicides. Data on 71 overkill cases from reports of the autopsies performed in the Section of Legal Medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2020 were collected. The victims and the perpetrators of overkill shared similar characteristics: they were usually male aged between 20 and 50 years, more likely in the 20–35 years range; victims however also showed another age peak in the range 50–55 years. The type of damage can be linked to the sole action of a cold weapon or the simultaneous use of multiple harmful tools with no significant differences. The most common motive proved to be a dispute for futile reasons; however, in the case of a single perpetrator of the crime, the economic and passionate motives are as frequent as the previous one. Implications of the findings and avenues for future research are discussed. MDPI 2022-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9601694/ /pubmed/36292320 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101873 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Marella, Gian Luca
Profiling Players Involved in Overkill: An Analysis of 71 Cases in Central Italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9601694/
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