Suicide in children and adolescents: A case report of the possible suicide of a 7 year old girl and presentation of data from a forensic autopsy material in Norway

The present paper reports a 7 year old girl’s death by hanging. The forensic investigation disclosed death most likely to be self-inflicted, either an act of suicide, subsidiary a case of accidental asphyxia from a child’s play. A review of forensic autopsy records from southeast Norway during the y...

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Main Author: Stray-Pedersen Arne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-06-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjfs-2014-0001