RT Article
T1 Homicide or Suicide: How Nudity Factors into This Determination
JF Homicide studies
VO 26
IS 3
SP 292
OP 307
A1 Craun, Sarah W.
A2 Tanner, Leah
A2 Clausen, Victoria
A2 Merola, Melissa A.
A2 Opanashuk, Leonard
A2 Keel, Timothy G.
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1813370885
AB Anecdotal reports of deceased celebrities being found nude abound, yet research is lacking regarding the frequency of nudity at death. Moreover, it is unknown if nudity at the time of death is a useful investigative clue or a distracting non-factor in equivocal death cases. This study used data from 119,145 homicides and suicides reported to the Centers for Disease Control to explore victim nudity, prior life stressors, and demographics on the likelihood of a death being a homicide or a suicide. Logistic regression results indicate that a female victim being found nude is a strong indicator of homicide.
K1 Suicides
K1 Nudity
K1 crime scene
K1 Policing
K1 Investigation
K1 equivocal deaths
DO 10.1177/10887679211013071