Death scene characteristics in 118 fatal cases of autoerotic asphyxia compared with suicidal asphyxia

A comparison of typical death scene feat

A comparison of typical death scene features in cases of fatal male and female autoerotic asphyxia with a review of the literature

✍ Roger W. Byard; Stephen J. Hucker; Robert R. Hazelwood 📂 Article 📅 1990 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 694 KB

Autoerotic asphyxia is an increasingly recognised syndrome in which accidental death occurs during solitary sexual activity due to failure of an apparatus that was designed to produce hypoxic augmentation of the victim's sexual response. Evidence of repetitive, secretive behaviour utilizing ropes an