What are Sharp Force Injuries?

Sharp Force Injuries
Sharp Force Injuries. The wound found during the autopsy (a) and the one inflicted with the knife seized as material evidence (b). In the edges of both wounds there are characteristic scratches looking alike. Striated abrasions from a knife with non-serrated blade--identification of the instrument of crime on the basis of an experiment with material evidence. Kaliszan M, Karnecki K, Akçan R, Jankowski Z - International journal of legal medicine (2011). Not Altered. CC.

Sharp force injuries are characterized by a relatively well-defined traumatic separation of tissues caused by pointed objects or objects with sharp edges.