ABSTRACT

Introducing the basic concepts of clinical forensic medicine and death investigation, this book covers the main areas of forensic investigation . It provides an introduction to forensic science and coverage of injury patterns, natural disease, accidental trauma, child injury and fatalities, and domestic violence. Anyone who has direct contact with death, crime, and the medicolegal system, including nurses, physicians, attorneys, death investigators, forensic pathologists, and police detectives, will find this an invaluable reference.

part |2 pages

Section I: INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC INVESTIGATION

chapter 1|18 pages

Forensic Investigative Systems

chapter 2|10 pages

Cause, Mechanism, and Manner of Death

chapter 3|8 pages

Forensic Pathology

chapter 4|6 pages

Postmortem Changes

chapter 5|16 pages

Death Scene Investigation

chapter 6|8 pages

Mass Fatality Management

part |2 pages

Section II INJURY RECOGNITION

chapter 8|10 pages

Blunt and Sharp Force Injuries

chapter 9|6 pages

Forensic Radiology

chapter 10|10 pages

Craniocerebral Injury

chapter 11|18 pages

Motor Vehicle Accidents

chapter 12|10 pages

Firearms Identi–cation

chapter 13|20 pages

Gunshot Wounds

part |2 pages

Section III: NATURAL AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS

chapter 14|8 pages

Natural Deaths

chapter 15|8 pages

Asphyxial Deaths

chapter 17|6 pages

Fire Deaths

chapter 18|4 pages

Electrical Deaths

chapter 19|8 pages

Drug and Alcohol Deaths

chapter 20|6 pages

Workplace Deaths

part |2 pages

Section IV: CHILD FATALITIES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

chapter 21|4 pages

Domestic Violence

chapter 22|6 pages

Sexual Assault

chapter 23|16 pages

Child Abuse and Infanticide

chapter 25|8 pages

Elder Abuse