Decomposition pattern and insect colonization in two cases of suicide by hanging

• Main Authors: Valentina Bugelli (Author), Mirella Gherardi (Author), Martina Focardi (Author), Vilma Pinchi (Author), Stefano Vanin (Author), Carlo Pietro Campobasso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Oxford University Press, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide worldwide. Despite the high incidence, only a little knowledge about the pattern of cadaver colonization by insects on hanging corpse is available. Different types of hanging can alter the body decomposition process as well as the pattern and rate...