Description of Wound Patterns on the Bodies of Murder Victims due to Blunt Violence at the Bhayangkara Tk General Hospital. I East Jakarta Police Health Center for the 2021 – 2022 Period

Abstract

Murder is the behavior of a person or group of people that results in the loss of another person's life. Murder incidents can be motivated by various reasons so that someone plans or executes the murder of another person. Blunt trauma is a condition caused by mechanical violence from a blunt object. Blunt trauma can cause abrasions, contusions, lacerations, and fractures. This study aims to determine the pattern of wounds on the bodies of murder victims resulting from the blunt force at the Bhayangkara General Hospital Tk. I, Pusdokkes Polri, East Jakarta, for the period 2021 – 2022. This research uses a retrospective descriptive research method with a total sampling method using data from application letters for post-mortem and repertum and post-mortem et repertum for murder victims at the Pusdokkes Polri Hospital. The data results showed that there were 55 victims of murder due to blunt force, with the largest age distribution in the 31-40 year age group with 17 victims (30.9%). Based on gender, the highest number of victims were men - 28 victims (50.9%), while there were 27 victims (49.1%) for women. Based on the time group, the most incidents were found in 06.01-12.00 with 22 victims (40%). Based on the injury location group, the largest number of victims with injuries to the head and face was 51 victims (29.1%). Based on the type of violence, 41 victims (39.4%) had the most bruises on the head and face, 11 victims (47.8%) had the most bruises on the neck, and five victims had bruises on the shoulder (55.6%), at the chest location, the most abrasion wounds were found, namely ten victims (41.7%), at the back location there were nine victims (56.3%), at the stomach location the number of bruises was found at seven victims (58.3%), at the pelvic location there were abrasions and fractures each with one victim (50.0%), at the upper extremity location the most were bruises with 18 victims (40.9%), and at the location of the lower extremities found the highest number of bruises, namely 14 victims (41.2%).