Forensic and Criminological View on the Pathodynamics of the Homicide

Overview

Trauma and violence represent the domains of forensic medical expertise. The objective findingon the victim of the homicide makes it possible to reconstruct the way and mechanism of theinjury connected with it and thus to determine the cause of death. The traces of violence containmany indices pointing at specific personal characteristics of the culprit, his motivation to thecrime and his state of mind at the time of the homicide. To judge the penal responsibility and theguilt of the culprit it is important for the court to have the analysis of the dynamics and of thecausal background of the crime, especially the synthetic evaluation of subjective, situation, oreventually psychological factors of violence with the mortal effect. The interdisciplinary forensic-medical, forensic-psychological and psychophytological approach will make it possible to providethe court with a complex forensic expertise.

Key words:
forensic expertise - pathodynamic of the homicide - criminology - forensic medicine -aggressivity - interdisciplinary cooperation