Archiwum medycyny sa̧dowej i kryminologii
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Oct 2006
Biography Historical Article[Sexual violence against women--the analysis of the phenomenon as exemplified by the Jack the Ripper case].
From the beginning of human civilization, sexuality has been controlled by morals and laws. Using the example of Jack the Ripper, the authors present the significant and very serious problem of violence against women in the aspect of crime detection and forensic sexuology. ⋯ Such crimes encompass sex murders. Criminal behaviors of a sexual nature are perpetrated by representatives of all social strata.
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Oct 2006
[Double ritual murder by the Satanist cult members based on the casuistry of the Forensic Medicine Department in Katowice].
In recent years, an increased activity of various sects, especially Satanist ones, has been observed in Poland. This is associated with an increase in the number of various crimes, including offences against life and health. ⋯ In 1999, two cases of the murders of a 21-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man committed by Satanist cult members during their ritual mass were reported at the Forensic Medicine Department in Katowice. In the report, the authors present some issues associated with Satanism, the circumstances of these two murders and the results of medico-legal examinations of the victims.