NDLI: Patterns of trauma in conflict victims from Timor Leste.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Komar, Debra A. Lathrop, Sarah
Spatial Coverage	Indonesia
Description	Country affiliation: United kingdom Author Affiliation: Komar DA ( School of Natural Science and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.)
Abstract	Understanding population-level trauma patterns has implications for the recognition of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Trauma data were abstracted from autopsy and anthropology reports for 105 victims from the 1999 conflict in Timor Leste. A significant number of individuals displayed no evidence of injury. No trauma was found in 25% of the sample, while a further 5% had only minor, nonlethal wounds. Where trauma was evident, sharp force injuries were most common (35%), followed by gunshot (20%) and blunt force (13.33%). Timorese frequencies of trauma differ significantly from percentages found in prior reports of mass killings from Cambodia, Bosnia, Croatia, and Afghanistan but closely resemble reported trauma patterns in Rwanda. Decomposition and percentage of body recovered were shown to have a significant impact on the presence/absence of trauma. Complete, fleshed remains were 10.4 times more likely than skeletal remains to have evidence of major or lethal trauma.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00221198
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	57
e-ISSN	15564029
Journal	Journal of Forensic Sciences
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2012-01-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	War Crimes Wounds And Injuries Humans Middle Aged Forensic Anthropology Male Discipline Forensic Sciences Journal Article Young Adult Pathology Etiology Adolescent Adult Female Forensic Pathology Postmortem Changes Indonesia
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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