Traces of violence on the corpse

Abstract

The paper outlines the definitional difficulties of violence. It is defined both as “a single or repeated intentional act or omission that violates the rights or personal rights of persons” and “something what includes three measurable aspects, namely affect (anger), behavior (e.g. physical damage) and intention (harm)”. It is stressed that forensic-medical assessment of such traces is of great importance for the legal qualification of the act. Biological and material traces are distinguished and considered within the scope of criminology and forensic medicine.