Guide to Forensic Pathology provides a concise overview of forensic pathology to those who wish to know the basics but lack formal forensic training. Topics addressed include the roles of experts in death investigation; how effective testimony is presented in court; and the importance of forensic DNA testing.
A postmortem X-ray of a male homicide victim reveals a bullet lodged next to his spine. That he was shot is clear. How recently? is what death investigators must determine. The answer: the absence of scar tissue surrounding the bullet proves the victim had been recently shot. And while the average person may find tattoos to be creative and aesthetic, to the trained death investigator, they can actually be the key to aiding in the eventual identification of a body. They say the dead can't speak. But in the fascinating field of forensic pathology, the deceased can tell an elaborate story, especially when death investigators know what clues to look for. The first volume in the new Forensic Pathology Atlases: Causes of Death Series, this book takes an in-depth look at the determination of the time of death, postmortem changes, and identification. In Time of Death, Decomposition and Identification, you'll learn through the extensive use of photographs and discussion how estimating the time of death can rarely be accomplished with scientific accuracy. You'll learn about the numerous changes the body undergoes after death, and how positive and probable identifications are made. For death investigators, law enforcement officers, attorneys, and anyone else involved in forensic death cases, Time of Death, Decomposition and Identification is a "must have" resource.
Readily accessible, and easily serchable, the Forensic Pathology:A Color Atlas on CD-ROM addresses much of the basic information which forensic pathologists and other investigators deal with on a day to day basis. Packed with 800 full-color, captioned photographs, this atlas examines everything from time of death and decomposition, to identification, blunt trauma, sudden natural death, firearm injuries, asphyxia, cutting and stabbing injuries, and more. The atlas shows different causes of death and injury with case examples for investigators who can use 'visuals' to understand the work they perform.
This engrossing book offers detailed coverage of forensic implications and methods of craniofacial identification. Race, sex and age morphology are explored along with video superimposition and computer imaging techniques. Several case studies are also included.
Spiral-bound portable guide to forensic pathology for pathologists, pathology residents, medical students, attorneys and law enforcement officials written by practicing forensic pathologists one of whom is Chief Medical Examiner in Bexar County, Texas (San Antonio), is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology and is a renowned authority on gunshot wounds.
Written for both medical and investigative professionals, Forensic Pathology presents an overview of medicolegal investigative systems. It examines investigative techniques and procedures that lead to obtaining accurate conclusions of death by homicide, accident, or suicide.
Forensic pathology plays a major role in the investigation and solution of questions of law. Causes of death, identity of the living and of the dead, results of injuries, effects of violent crimes, and the nature of toxic agents are questions with which forensic pathology deals. The application of known analytic methods to physical evidence yields results that explain mechanisms and patterns of action and facilitate reconstruction of the events leading to specific injury. The crime scene or the scene of the accident is the place from which much physical evidence is obtained. The autopsy is a continuation of the crime scene examination. A thorough understanding of the scene is necessary for the full interpretation of the physical evidence recovered. Physical evidence does not lie.
