ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 April 1976
Page Count: 3

Homicidal Hanging Masquerading as Sexual Asphyxia
Davis, J
Medical Examiner, Office of the Dade County Medical Examiner, Fla.

Wright, RK
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Office of the Dade County Medical Examiner, Fla.

(Received 6 May 1975; accepted 21 July 1975)

Abstract

Accidental asphyxiation occasionally results from autoerotic activity related to the sexual perversion of bondage, a variant of sadomasochism [1–4]. These deaths occur predominantly in the adolescent male population but also rarely in females [5, 6]. They are generally accepted as being accidental, although a recent textbook describes them as suicides [7].

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Paper ID: JFS10509J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10509J
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