Decapitation homicide cases, STATISTICS?

[Lennie]

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Hi,

Is there any statistics available of decapitation in homicide cases, reporting where in cervical vertebrae the decapitations occured? That is, how many was decapitated between C1-C2, C2-C3 and so on.
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Something like this study of some decapitation homicide cases in India
http://scidoc.org/IJFP-2332-287X-03-401.php
but from the USA or European countries?

 

[mlw03]

The two journals to search would be American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (the 'Orange Journal') or Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS). If such a study exists, that's where you'd find it. I'm not aware of such a study, and I imagine it would be extremely hard for even the largest offices in North America or Europe to get enough decapitation cases for even a small case series. But let us know if I'm wrong.

 

[Lennie]

The two journals to search would be American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (the 'Orange Journal') or Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS). If such a study exists, that's where you'd find it. I'm not aware of such a study, and I imagine it would be extremely hard for even the largest offices in North America or Europe to get enough decapitation cases for even a small case series. But let us know if I'm wrong.

Thanks. Found a couple of older studies from Europe with 20-30 cases each, but I'm not sure they are covering my specific question about cervical vertebrae. We'll see.