A Descriptive Study of Medicolegal Cases to Determine the Impact of Violence on Society

In India, with rapid urbanization and migration of people, frustration, greed, intolerance and urge to achieve much in a short span has resulted in escalation in number of cases of assault in emergency department. Violence in any form, be it intentional or non intentional, results in morbidity or disability leading to financial losses or decrease in quality of life. So, in the present study, an attempt has been made to know the disability quotient resulting due to intentional violence in Amritsar district. The medicolegal study was conducted in the emergency department over the period of 2 years during which disability rate & average number of wounds per person per intentional violent act was calculated. We have also found that if a sharp weapon has been used then there are more chances of repeated attack i.e. they attack the victim with sharp edged weapon more than once and majority of the victims are at a great risk of receiving grievous injury.