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Criminal Offenders, Autopsy Flashcards

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They are persons who commit crime in an impulsive manner usually on account of their aggressive behavior. Crimes of passion, revenge, or resentments

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Active aggressive offenders

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They are persons who commit crimes because of inducement, promise, or reward. They are gullible, easily persuaded to perform acts in violation of the penal laws.

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Passive inadequate offenders

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Those who commit crime with motive or intention and with full possession of their mental faculties. “Killing with evident premediation”

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Rational offenders

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They commit crime without knowing the nature and quality of his act. “Mad killer”

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Irrational offenders

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Lowest form of criminal career. Engage in crimes that require limited skill.

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Ordinary offenders

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They are highly skilled and able to perform criminal acts with the least chance of being detected.

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Professional offenders (Shoplifters)

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Persons that commit crime in the heat of passion, anger, or revenge, and accidental in nature.

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Emotional offenders

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Persons who commit crimes for financial gain and are usually recidivist or repeaters. Sympathetic approach is not effective.

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Non-emotional offenders

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9
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[Autopsy]

It is the law that gives consent

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medico-legal

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10
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[Autopsy]

Must have consent of the next of kin

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pathologic

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11
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What is the punishment for the person giving assistance to the commission of suicide?

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Prision temporal

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12
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What is the punishment if a legally married person saw his partner committing a crime then he killed both of them

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Penalty is destierro

Same when parents and their seducers if their daughter is <18 years old

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[Symptoms of asphyxia]

increased depth and rate of respiration, leading to dyspnea; exaggerated movement of inspiratory muscles

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Stage of increasing dyspnea

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14
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[Symptoms of asphyxia]

convulsive movement of the limbs accompanied by expiratory effort. BPgradually lowers

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Stage of Expiratory convulsion

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15
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____ punctiform hemorrhages of the pleura

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Tardieu spots

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16
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How many quarts of antiseptic solution are injected to embalm the body

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6-8 quarts

formalin or perchloride of mercury or arsenic

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17
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[Disposal of the body]

Body must be buried within 48 hours after death except

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  1. Subject matter of legal investigation
  2. Authorized by local health authorities
  3. Body is embalmed
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18
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[Disinterment]

Those who died of non-dangerous communicable disease

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after 3 years

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19
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[Disinterment]

those who died of dangerous communicable diseases

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after 5 years of burial

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20
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Wound brought by blunt instrument

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  1. Contusion
  2. Hematoma
  3. Lacerated wound
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21
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___ injury is located at the site of application force

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Coup

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22
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Serious physical injuries if the offended party is incapacitated for more than ___-

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30 days

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23
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Prison mayor if a simple injury can lead to

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  1. Imbecility
  2. Impotency
  3. Blindness - total
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24
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[Physical Injuries]

Arresto mayor if offended party is incapacitated for ____

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More than 30 days, less than 90 days

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25
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[Physical Injuries]

considered if period of medical attendance is > 10 days but less than 30 days

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Less serious physical injuries

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26
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[Physical Injuries]

If the offended party is incapacitated for labor from 1-9 days

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Slight physical injury

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27
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What is the sequence of color change in contusion?

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  1. Red-Purple
  2. Green - 5 days
  3. Yellow - 10 days
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28
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Lacerated wound is due to a __ object

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blunt

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29
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A positive vital tissue reaction means?

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There are signs of inflammation which indicates antemortem injury

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30
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[Suicide or not suicide]

Direction of wound in suicide

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oblique

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31
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[Skull fracture]

tangential or glancing approach of a bullet may cause production of a furrow in the cranium

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Gutter Fracture

Compression of infant skull = Pond or indented fracture

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32
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Concussion of the brain is associated with what kind of amnesia?

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retrograde

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33
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[Test for presence of Primer components]

Blue-violet color in the presence of lead; bright pink color in the presence of barium

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Harrison and Gilroy Tes

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34
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[Thermal Injury]

involuntary spasmodic painful contraction of muscles due to dehydration and excessive chloride loss

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heat cramps

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35
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[Thermal Injury]

Heart failure due to heat and precipitated by muscular exertion and warm clothing; sudden syncope

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Heat exhaustion

36
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[Thermal Injury]

Premonitory symptoms of headache, malaise, giddiness, weakness o legs, temp suddenlyrises, full and pounding pulses

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Heat Stroke

37
Q

[Chemical Burns]

Oil of vitriol

A

Sulfuric acid

38
Q

[Chemical Burns]

bleached apperance

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caustic soda and potash

39
Q

Crocodile skin

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Flash burn (electrical)

40
Q

What is the principal factor that influence the effect of electrical shock?

A

amperage or intensity

Amp of 70-80 alternating current or 250 in direct current is dangerous

41
Q

[Electrical injury]

Contact at which side of the body is claimed to be more dangerous?

42
Q

[Electrical injury]

What are the mechanism of death in electrical shock

A
  1. VFib
  2. Respiratory failyre
  3. Mechanical asphyxia
43
Q

[Barotrauma]

Death is __ (immediate/lapsed)

Subcutaneous emphysema, bubble and hemorrhages in adipose tissues

44
Q

[Hypobarism]

substernal distress, non-productive coughing and respiratory distress

45
Q

[Hypobarism]

accumulation of bubbles underneath the skin

A

Substernal emphysema

46
Q

Hypoxia will be felt at ____ ft above sea level

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8,000 to 15,000

47
Q

[Asphyxia]

failure of arterial blood to become normally saturated with oxygen

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Anoxic death

48
Q

[Asphyxia]

decreased capacity of blood to carry oxygen

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anemic anoxic death

49
Q

[Asphyxia]

failure of ciculation

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Stagnant anoxic death

50
Q

[Asphyxia]

due to failure of cellular oxidative process like cyanide and alcohol

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histotoxic anoxic death

51
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[Phases of Asphyxia]

due to lack of O2 and retention of CO2

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Dyspneic phase

52
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[Phases of Asphyxia]

Due to stimulation of the CNS by CO2

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Convulsive phase

53
Q

[Phases of Asphyxia]

apnea is due to ___

A

paralysis of the respiratory centers

54
Q

[Asphyxia by hanging]

in typical hanging, the ligature and knot runs from the ___

A

midline, above the thyroid cartilage

55
Q

[Asphyxia by hanging vs strangulation]

In strangulation, hyoid bone is frequently ____

A

spared

the ligature is below the larynx

56
Q

[Asphyxia by hanging vs strangulation]

What is the ligature mark in strangulation with ligature

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horizontal

57
Q

What is the most common accidental smothering in children?

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overlaying

58
Q

[Emergency treatment in drowning]

patient prone
operator exerts pressure in the lower ribs at 12-15 times a minute

A

Schaefer

SHAPER = P = prone

59
Q

[Emergency treatment in drowning]

swings the arms of the patient forward and then pressing the chest wall every 3-5 seconds

A

Sylvester method

60
Q

Cutis anserina is seen in what type of death

61
Q

[Drowning]

whitish foam that accumulates in the mouth and nostrils

A

Champignon d’ocume

62
Q

[Drowning: Freshwater/Saltwater]

Blood chlorine is greater in the left ventricle than the right

A

salt water

Freshwater: blood chlorine greater on the right

63
Q

What is the difference of blood chlorine level in heart ventricles to confirm that death occurred in fresh or salt water pool?

A

25mg

Done via Gettler Test

64
Q

[Test to detect irrespirable gas]

Kunkel test, Potassium ferrocyanine

65
Q

[Asphyxia]

colorless, insoluble in water and alcohol, painless death

66
Q

[Test to detect irrespirable gas]

Barium nitrate and silver nitrate

67
Q

[Test to detect irrespirable gas]

litmus paper will turn black

68
Q

Amount of cyanide that is fatal

69
Q

Biter almond smell

70
Q

What are your lacrimator?

A
  1. Chloracetophenone
  2. Bromobenzyl cyanine
  3. Ethy iodoacetate (KSK)
71
Q

[Automotive Crush]

Impact of the moving vehicle with another vehicle or fixed object

A

First collision

72
Q

[Automotive Crush]

Impact of the unrestrained occupants with the interior of the vehicle

A

Second collision

73
Q

[Automotive crash]

In side impact crash, the passengers move towards the _____

A

side of the impact

74
Q

[Automotive crash]

whiplash injury can be caused by this type of impact crush

A

Rear impact

75
Q

[Automotive crash]

Passengers does not sustain severe injuries

A

roll over crash

76
Q

[Automotive crash: pedestrian-vehicle collision]

Fracture of the leg after the first impact is called ____

A

Bumper fracture

77
Q

[Pregnancy]

___ sign

softening of cervix

78
Q

[Pregnancy]

___ sign

violet discoloration of the anterior wall of the vagina

79
Q

[Pregnancy]

___ sign

easy approximation of the fundus and the cervix

A

mcdonalds sign

uterus is anteflex

80
Q

[Pregnancy]

___ sign

cervix is as soft as the lips

A

goodell sign

81
Q

[Pregnancy]

___ sign

hearing of fetal heart sounds

A

mayor sign

82
Q

[Birth]

test to determine whether respiration took place on a newborn child before death

A

Hydrostatic test / Fodere Test/ Static Test

83
Q

[Birth]

Breslau Second life test uses what organ

84
Q

[Birth]

In Wredin test, disappearance of the gelatinous embryonic connective tissue is check in what body part?

A

Middle ear

85
Q

[Infanticide]

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