Role of bite mark characteristics and localizations in finding an assailant

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Published Dec 1, 2014
https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.137078
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Volume 6, Issue 3, September-December 2014

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Huseyin Afsin
The Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul
Beytullah Karadayi
Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
Sadi Cagdir
The Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul
Abdi Ozaslan
Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul

Abstract

The location, size, and number of bite marks can be used as a beneficial indicator of the crime type and feasible group of suspects. This study aims to present information about the bite mark locations, the bite mark characteristics, and the perpetrator′s profile based on three cases which were carried out by the same biter. The attack bites, which observed in all of the three cases, were characterized by serious wounds and tissue loss. Analysis of bite mark characteristics and bite mark localizations of these three cases by the relevant experts provided helpful information for the police units which searched for the assailant. But, in order to conduct criminal profiling from bite marks objectively, the number of case series is advised to be expanded.

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Huseyin Afsin, Beytullah Karadayi, Sadi Cagdir, & Abdi Ozaslan. (2014). Role of bite mark characteristics and localizations in finding an assailant. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences, 6(3), 202–206. https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.137078
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