TYPICAL HOMICIDE RITUAL OF THE ITALIAN MAFIA (INCAPRETTAMENTO)

Authors
FINESCHI V DELLERBA AS DIPAOLO M PROCACCIANTI P
Citation
V. Fineschi et al., TYPICAL HOMICIDE RITUAL OF THE ITALIAN MAFIA (INCAPRETTAMENTO), The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 19(1), 1998, pp. 87-92
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Pathology
Journal title
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01957910
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
87 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-7910(1998)19:1<87:THROTI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Certain methods of homicide used by the Italian Mafia are intended to have an admonitory significance. One such method is the so-called ''in caprettamento.'' This study analyzes 18 cases of homicidal ligature st rangulation in which the body was found in this typical position. The circumstances of the crime and the macroscopic and microscopic evidenc e were evaluated to determine whether or not the ligatures on the wris ts and ankles were placed antemortem or postmortem.