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HOMICIDES WITH THE AIM OF ROBBERY INTENDED FOR TAXI DRIVERS IN THREE BIG
CITIES OF TURKEY, 1996-2006.
Yavuz M.S, Asirdizer M, Canturk N, Senel Eraslan B,Karadeniz Z.
Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi, 2010; 27(1): 59-64.
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Taxi drivers have the highest prevalence of work-related
homicides and the underlying motive for most homicides is robbery. The objectives of this study were to reveal features of
robbery related homicides of taxi drivers, to evaluate characteristics of murdered drivers and assailants and to recommend
preventive measures.
Methods: We reviewed autopsy reports, crime investigation records and
security and death records about robbery related murders of taxi drivers in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir cities of Turkey between
1996 and 2006.
Results: There were 109 robbery related murders of taxi drivers with
the mean age of 41.63±12.01 years and all the drivers were male. Most of the
drivers were killed at night and in the evening (n=80; 90.90%) (p<0.01) and in the suburbs (n=53; 52.48%) (p<0.01).
Firearms were the most frequently used weapons (n=60; 55.05%) (p<0.01) and most of the fatal injuries were located on the
head (n=61; 41.78%) (p<0.01). Security measurements in taxicabs were not effective enough to prevent murders of taxi drivers.
Conclusions: Safety of taxi drivers
can be achieved by utilization of technological safety devices, but an effective solution to this problem is the restriction
of armaments of civilians .
Keywords: Homicide, occupational safety, workplace and violence .
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