TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality among homeless and unclaimed bodies in Mangalore city - An insight
AU - Raghavendra Babu, Y. P.
AU - Joseph, Nitin
AU - Kadur, Kishan
PY - 2012/8/1
Y1 - 2012/8/1
N2 - Homelessness is a social as well as legal stigma on a Country's development index. In addition homeless people are exposed to increased incidence of diseases and accidents. Mangalore city, a bustling city located in Southern costal region of India, has seen tremendous growth in the past few years; with this the problem of migrants and homeless has also increased. This has invited a spectrum of problems relating to law and order including frequent incidences of unclaimed dead bodies, both due to natural and unnatural causes. This autopsy based study tries to highlight the situation of picture of homeless deaths in Mangalore and the problems faced by the Law enforcing authorities.
AB - Homelessness is a social as well as legal stigma on a Country's development index. In addition homeless people are exposed to increased incidence of diseases and accidents. Mangalore city, a bustling city located in Southern costal region of India, has seen tremendous growth in the past few years; with this the problem of migrants and homeless has also increased. This has invited a spectrum of problems relating to law and order including frequent incidences of unclaimed dead bodies, both due to natural and unnatural causes. This autopsy based study tries to highlight the situation of picture of homeless deaths in Mangalore and the problems faced by the Law enforcing authorities.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 22847048
AN - SCOPUS:84864440701
SN - 1752-928X
VL - 19
SP - 321
EP - 323
JO - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
JF - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
IS - 6
ER -