Updated for its Second Edition, this text provides the information emergency departments need about the medicolegal aspects of treating victims of violence, motor vehicle accidents, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and intimate partner abuse. It offers detailed guidelines on interviewing and examining the victim and collecting, preserving ...
"Molecular Forensics" offers a comprehensive coverage of the increasingly important role that molecular analysis plays within forensic science. Starting with a broad introduction of modern forensic molecular technologies, the text covers key issues from the initial scenes of crime sampling to the use of evidential material in the prosecution of ...
This comprehensive text takes an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding taphonomic modifications. Topics covered include: macroenvironmental variation and decomposition in different environments, taphonomic interpretation of water deaths, as well as interpretation of buried human remains. Liberally illustrated with ...
The vast majority of modern criminal investigations involve some element of digital evidence, from mobile phones, computers, CCTV and other devices. "Digital Forensics: Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations" provides the reader with a better understanding of how digital evidence complements 'traditional' scientific evidence and examines how ...
Published simultaneously as the "Journal of Neurotherapy", this volume covers: Preface: "Our Third Special Issue" (David A. Kaiser); and Introduction: "Forensic Applications of QEEG and Neurotherapy" (James R. Evans). The scientific articles include: "Quantitative EEG Findings in Convicted Murderers" (Jennifer M. C. Vendemia, Kelly E. Caine, and ...
"Crime Scene Management" is an accessible introduction to the common forms of evidence that may be encountered at a scene of crime and the techniques used for recovery of that evidence. The book is clearly focused on the techniques for handling crime scenes from the role of the first officer attending through to the specialist personnel who may be ...
Written by the foremost experts in forensic clinical medicine, this volume is the first book in this new subspecialty. The text provides the information emergency physicians and residents need about the medicolegal aspects of treating victims of sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and domestic violence. It offers detailed guidelines on ...
"Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing" offers concise and focused information specific to the interests of forensic scientists and clinical and forensic toxicologists. It analyzes the acute effects of alcohol intoxication and the methods by which investigators can measure alcohol concentration in blood, urine, and breath. It considers extenuating ...
Each and every death scene presents new challenges to even the most seasoned investigator. Despite the unique nature of each scenario, using a standardized protocol is the key to ensuring consistent and accurate results. "Death Scene Investigation: A Field Guide" provides concise direction for the death scene investigator, crime scene investigator ...
Written by an award-winning investigative journalist with more than twenty years of experience, "Forensic Nursing" takes an objective yet engaging look at a profession that according to the author, 'is only for those with a strong stomach, a pure heart, and a quick mind.' It presents the personal experiences and perspectives of forensic nurses ...
Coined by noted forensic pathologist Richard Dirnhofer, the term virtopsy refers to virtual autopsy, a modality which employs a spectrum of technologies.
John Butler, bestselling author of "Forensic DNA Typing", now applies his expertise on the subject of DNA analysis into an introductory textbook. "Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing" walks students step-by-step through the DNA analysis process beginning with collection of evidence at a crime scene to the statistical interpretation of the results. ...
This is the first manual to offer concise, introductory guidance directed exclusively to forensic nursing. Whether dealing with sexual assault, physical abuse, suicide or homicide, the forensic nurse will find guidelines and case studies for examining and correlating medical, psychological, ethical, and legal data specific to the victim and the ...
This revised edition has been completely updated and expanded to address the latest developments and professional concerns in forensic medicine. There are new chapters on the medical aspects of police restraint and new material on the potential of police exposure to infection, the role of alcohol and drugs in vehicular accidents, and forensic ...
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