Table of Contents

Access to Medical Records - Rights Responsibilities & Limitations  Accreditation: Crime scene investigation Accreditation: Forensic Specialities Accreditation Board Accreditation: Toxicology Age progression - age estimation in the living  Alcohol: Acute and chronic use - post-mortem findings of Alcohol: Blood and body fluid analysis Alcohol: Breath alcohol analysis Allergies  Animal attacks/injuries: Non-fatal and fatal Animal attacks/injuries: Predation Anthropology: Archaeology and the excavation and retrieval of forensic remains Anthropology: Bone pathology and ante-mortem trauma in forensic cases Anthropology: Cremated bones Anthropology: Determination of racial affinity Anthropology: Handedness Anthropology: Morphological age estimation Anthropology: Overview Anthropology: Paediatric and juvenile Anthropology: Role of DNA Anthropology: Sex determination Anthropology: Stature estimation from the skeleton Anthropology: Taphonomy Asphyxia: Closed and confined spaces Asphyxia: Findings in the survivor Asphyxia: Mechanisms of injury (including crushing) Asphyxia: Post-mortem findings Autoerotic death Autopsy: Adult Autopsy: Medicolegal considerations Autopsy: Organ retention and handling Autopsy: Pediatric Aviation accidents, role of pathologist  Aviation medicine, illness and limitations for flying  Back-tracking calculations  Ballistic trauma, overview and statistics  Blood Grouping  Body cavity searches, practical issues and consent  Carbon monoxide poisoning: Clinical findings sequelae in survivors Carbon monoxide poisoning: Incidence and findings at post-mortem Children: causes of sudden natural infant and childhood death Children: Childhood accidents Children: Children and courts Children: Cultural aspects of inflicted injury Children: Emotional abuse Children: Legal protection and rights of children Children: Physical abuse Children: Sexual abuse, epidemiology Children: Sexual abuse, overview Children: Stages of development and growth Clinical trials: Good Clinical Practice and Ethical Aspects Clinical trials: Legal aspects and consent Cold case review  Coma definitions and differential diagnoses: Adult Coma definitions and differential diagnoses: Paediatric Complaints against doctors, healthcare workers and institutions  Computer crime  Consent: Confidentiality and disclosure in relation to medical treatment & Legal Proceedings Consent: Medical examination in custody Consent: Treatment without consent Court systems: China Court systems: Japan Court systems: Jewish (Halacha) law Court systems: Sharii'ah law Court systems: UK Court systems: US Courts, report writing  Crime scene management: Continental European system Crime scene management: UK system Crime scene management: US system Crime-scene investigation and examination: Collection and chain of evidence Crime-scene investigation and examination: Major incident scene management Crime-scene investigation and examination: Recovery of human remains Crime-scene investigation and examination: Suspicious deaths Crime-scene investigation and examination: Underwater crime scene Criminal Profiling  Crowd control agents: Deployment and planning Crowd control agents: Medical aspects Custody: Death in police and prison custody, UK and Continental Europe Custody: Death in police and prison custody, US Death: Death scene investigation Death: Interpretation of postmortem drug measurements Death: Perioperative and postoperative Death: Post-mortem changes Death: Post-mortem findings - drug deaths Death: Post-mortem findings - fire Death: Post-mortem findings - organic toxins Death: Postmortem drug sampling and redistribution Death: Postmortem electrolyte disturbances Death: Sports Death: The infectious autopsy Death: Trauma, abdominal cavity Death: Trauma, genito-urinary tract Death: Trauma, head and spine Death: Trauma, musculo-skeletal system Death: Trauma, thorax Death: Trauma, vascular system Death investigation: Chinese System (incl. medicolegal death  investigator accreditation) Death Investigation: Japanese System (incl. medicolegal death  investigator accreditation) Death investigation: Nordic systems (incl. medicolegal death  investigator accreditation) Death investigation: second autopsy for nationals dying abroad Death investigation: UK System (incl. medicolegal death  investigator accreditation) Death investigation: US System (incl. medicolegal death  investigator accreditation) Death, post-mortem findings: drowning (incl. drowning mechanisms)  Decomposition, patterns and rates  Deliberate self-harm: Patterns Deoxyribonucleic acid: Basic principles Deoxyribonucleic acid: ethics of its forensic applications and databanks Deoxyribonucleic acid: Mitochondrial DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid: Postmortem analysis for heritable channelopathies Deoxyribonucleic acid: Risk of contamination Deoxyribonucleic acid: Statistical analysis Detainees: Care in police custody, France Detainees: Care in police custody, UK Detainees: Care in prison custody, France Detainees: Care in Prison Custody, Japan Detainees: Care in prison custody, UK Detainees: Fitness to be interviewed Dogs, use in police investigations  Domestic violence (spousal abuse)  Drug facilitated sexual assault  Drug-induced injury, accidental and iatrogenic: legal and medical Drugs, prescribed: Licencing and registration Drugs, prescribed: Product liability Drugs, prescribed: Testamentary capacity Drugs, prescribed: Types and classification Elder abuse  Electric shocks and electrocution, clinical effects and pathology  Entomology Evidence: Rules of evidence Evidence: Statistical interpretation of evidence/ Bayesian analysis Excited delirium  Exhumation: Legal and practical aspects Expert witness: Daubert and beyond Expert witness: Medical Expert witness: Qualifications, testimony and malpractice Extremes of temperature  Fall from heights, physical findings: adult Fall from heights, physical findings: paediatric Female genital alteration  Fire investigation - evidence recovery at the fire-scene  Forensic botany  Forensic Journals - bibliometrics and journal impact factors  Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Assessment Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Criminal responsibility Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Deliberate self-harm Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Drug and alcohol addiction Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Ethics Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Fitness (competence) to stand trial Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Forensic interviewing Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Forensic psychiatry - education training and certification Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Forensic psychology - education training and certification Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Malingering Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Mental handicap and learning disability Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Multiple personality disorder Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Offender treatment Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Personality disorder Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Phobias Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Psychological autopsy Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Sex offenders - types, assessment, management Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Stalking Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Suicide predictors and statistics Hair - DNA forensic analysis  Head trauma: Neuropathology Head trauma: Pediatric and adult, clinical aspects Healing and repair - physiology - wounds and bones  Histopathology  History of forensic medicine  History of torture  History of toxicology  Human Rights, controls and principles  Identification: Facial Identification: Prints, challenges to fingerprints Identification: Prints, ear Identification: Prints, finger and palm Identification: prints, footprints Imaging: Photography Imaging: Radiology Imaging: Radiology, non-invasive autopsies Imaging: Radiology, Pediatric, scintigraphy and child abuse Immunoassays, overview of applications in forensic science  Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Blunt injury Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Burns and scalds Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Documentation Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Explosive injury Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Firearm injuries Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Industrial and agricultural injuries Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Sharp and cutting-edge wounds Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Transportation Injury - air disasters Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Transportation Injury - commercial modes (trains, ships, ferries) Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Transportation Injury - motor vehicle Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Transportation Injury - recreational Injuries (land-based) Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Transportation Injury - recreational Injuries (sky-sports) Injury, fatal and non-fatal: Transportation Injury - recreational Injuries (water) Internet: Forensic medicine Internet: Toxicology Investigation of deaths and injuries during police incidents: Injuries and deaths during police Special Weapons and Training teams incidents Investigation of deaths and injuries during police incidents: Shootings during police stops and arrests Judicial punishment  Legal definitions of death  Male sexual assault: Overview Mass disasters: Organisation Mass disasters: Principles of identification Mass disasters: Role of forensic pathologists Mass murder  Mass poisonings  Medical certification of death  Medical definitions of death  Medical malpractice: Accident and Emergency Medical malpractice: Anaesthetics Medical malpractice: Cardiac surgery, cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery Medical malpractice: Child and adolescent psychiatry Medical malpractice: Colorectal surgery Medical malpractice: Ear Nose and Throat Medical malpractice: Endocrinology Medical malpractice: Facio-maxillary surgery Medical malpractice: Forensic pathology Medical malpractice: Forensic psychiatry Medical malpractice: Gastroenterology and endoscopy Medical malpractice: General and laparoscopic surgery Medical malpractice: General medicine Medical malpractice: General practice Medical malpractice: Haematology Medical malpractice: Intensive care Medical malpractice: Neonatology Medical malpractice: Nephrology Medical malpractice: Neurosurgery Medical malpractice: Nursing issues Medical malpractice: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Medical malpractice: Oncology Medical malpractice: Ophthalmology Medical malpractice: Oral surgery Medical malpractice: Orthopaedic and traumatic surgery Medical malpractice: Paediatric surgery Medical malpractice: Paediatrics Medical malpractice: Pharmacology Medical malpractice: Plastic and cosmetic surgery Medical malpractice: Police surgeon Medical malpractice: Psychiatry Medical malpractice: Psychology Medical malpractice: Radiotherapy Medical malpractice: Respiratory medicine Medical malpractice: Rheumatology Medical malpractice: Urology Medical malpractice: Vascular surgery Medical malpractice - medico-legal perspectives: Negligence quantum Medical malpractice - medico-legal perspectives: Negligence, causation Medical malpractice - medico-legal perspectives: Negligence, duty of Care Medical malpractice - medico-legal perspectives: Negligence, standard of care Medical misadventure  Medical records, documentation, notekeeping  Mob Justice - medico-social aspects  Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy  Murder-suicide (dyadic deaths)  Neonaticide  Nuclear terrorism and bioterrorism  Occupational health: Pathologists Occupational health: Police Odontology: Bite marks analysis Odontology: Overview (age estimation, examination of the oral cavity, radiography, positive identification Organ and tissue transplantation, ethical and practical issues  Organised crime: Yakuza Parentage testing  Pattern evidence  Pharmacology of legal and iIlicit drugs  Poisoning, overview and statistics  Post-mortem examination, procedures and standards

List of contributors

Professor Anil Aggrawal, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi , India, Author Dr L.M.  Al-Alousi, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK, Author Dr Kathleen Allden, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA, Author Professor Simon Allison, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, Author Dr Robert A Anderson, University of Glasgow, Glasgow , UK, Author Dr Jose Artecona, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Co-author Dr Seth Asser,  , Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Author Professor Eric Baccino, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier , France, Co-author Mr, Hayden B Baldwin, Forensic Enterprises Inc., Orland Park, Illinois, USA, Author Professor Jack Ballantyne, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA, Author Dr Victor, Barley National Patient Safety Agency, London, UK, Author Dr Christine Bassindale, Lancashire Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) Centre, Lancashire, UK, Co-author Professor Frederic Baud, C.H.U. Lariboisiére, Paris, France, Co-author Professor Ronald Becker, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Author Dr Philip S L Beh, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Author Ms, Christine Bergeron, American Association of Suicidology, Washington D.C, USA, Co-author Dr Alan L Berman, American Association of Suicidology, Washington, DC, USA, Author Professor Peter Betz, Der Universtat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Author Professor Sue Black, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, Author Ms, Sherie Blackwell, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, Co-author Dr Kari, Blaho-Owens, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Author Mr, Herbert L, Blitzer, Institute for Forensic Imaging, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Author Professor Jane H Bock, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Author Dr Brian Bora, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Co-author Dr Chris Briggs, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Author Mr, T Brown, University of Leicester, Leicester , UK, Co-author Dr John Buchino, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Author Major, Donald F Burbrink, Louiville Division of Police Second District, Louisville, Kentucky , USA, Co-author Dr Allen Burke, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC , USA, Co-author Dr Michael Burke, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, Author Dr Roger Byard, Forensic Science Centre, Adelaide, South Australia , Australia, Author Professor W Bruce Campbell, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK, Author Dr Jane Carter Co-author Professor Mary Case, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Author Dr Eoghan Casey,  , Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Author Professor Kathy L Cerminara, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, Author Dr Arvind K. Chaturvedi, FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, Author Dr Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, UC Davis, Sacramento, California, USA, Co-author Dr John Clark, University of Glasgow, Glasgow , UK, Author Professor John G Clement, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Author Dr Stephen G Collier, Road Policing Training and National Drug Recognition Training Unit, Northampton, UK, Co-author Dr Nigel Cooper, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Author Professor Stephen Cordner, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland, Author Dr Tracey Corey, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Co-author Dr Fiona Couper, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Washington, DC , USA, Author Dr Anthony Cox, West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting, Birmingham, UK, Co-author Professor Jack Crane, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK, Author Dr Maria Czuzak, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Author Dr Marg D'Arcy, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton , Australia, Author Dr Mahomed Dada, PathCare, Vereeniging , South Africa, Author Dr P I Dargan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK, Co-author Dr Dan Davis, Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Author Dr Peter Dean, Rochford Police Station, Rochford, Essex, UK, Author Dr Terence Donald, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Author Dr J C Downs, Coastal Regional Medical Examiner, GBI, Savannah, Georgia, USA, Author Professor O H Drummer, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, Author Professor Roger Dworkin, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Co-author Professor Robert Edelmann, University of Surrey Roehampton, London, UK, Author Dr Hassan A.N. El-Fawal, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA, Author Ms, Rebecca Ellen, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, Author Dr Anders Eriksson, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Co-author Mrs, Mary Fran Ernst, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, MO 63104, USA, Author Dr Victoria Evans,  , Ilkley, UK, Author Dr Michael Farrell, South London and Maudsley Trust, London, UK, Co-author Dr Ashley Fegan-Earl, Forensic Pathology Services, London , UK, Author Dr R S Ferner, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, UK, Author Dr George Fernie, Bridge of Wier, UK, Author Dr James A Ferris, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, Author Dr Ronald P Fisher, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, USA, Author Dr William Flannery, National Addiction Centre, London , UK, Author Dr Michael Flynn, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, Author Dr David Foran, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mississippi, USA, Co-author Dr Paul Fornes, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, Author Dr James Fraser, Maidstone Police HQ, Maidstone, UK, Author Dr John Frazer, Cleckheaton,  , Author Dr Ian Freckelton, Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Author Dr Karen Freitas, Co-author Professor W.K. Fung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Author Dr Ralph Gaebler, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Author Professor R.E. Gaensslen, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Co-author Dr Jim Garastamolous, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, Co-author Dr David Gatland, Southend General Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK, Author Dr Kathy Glatter, UCD, Sacramento, California, USA, Author Dr Kenneth Goddard, US Fish and Wildlife Services, Ashland, Oregon , USA, Author Professor M Lee Goff, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Author Dr Bruce Goldberger, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainsville, Florida , USA, Co-author Dr Stephen Golding, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Author Dr William Goodwin, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, Author Ms, Elizabeth Graffy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mississippi, USA, Author Dr Eleanor A. M. Graham, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, Co-author Professor Markil Gregersen, University of Arhus, Arhus , Denmark, Author Professor Gisli H Gudjonsson, King's College London, London, UK, Author Mr, Rod G, Gullberg Washington State Patrol, Seattle, Washington, USA, Author Dr William Haglund, Physicians for Human Rights, Shoreline, Washington, USA, Author Professor Christine Hall, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK, Author Dr Youyi, Han Peking University, Beijing, China, Co-author Dr Helen Hayden-Wade, Children's Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA, Author Professor Thomas E J, Healy, Westfield, UK, Author Professor Carol Henderson, Stetson University College of Law, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, Author Mr, Michael Henry, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London , UK, Author Dr Michael J. Herkov, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, Co-author Dr Tony, Hill,  Co-author Dr Barry Ian Hoffbrand,  , London, UK, Author Professor Per Holck, Anatomisk Institutt, Oslo, Norway, Author Mr, John Horswell, Forensic Executives, Upper Mt. Gravalt, Queensland , Australia, Author Dr Max M. Houck, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, Author Dr John Howard,  , Tacoma, Washington, USA, Author Dr Yue-Qing Hu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Co-author Professor Stephen Hucker, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Author Dr Donna Hunsaker, OCME, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Author Dr John C, Hunsaker III, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, Co-author Dr Nicholas Hunt, Forensic Pathology Services, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK, Author Professor Edward Imwinkelried, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA, Author Dr Nicholas K, Ives John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, Author Dr Rebecca Jackson, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA, Author Dr Ruhi Jawad, The Haven, The Caldecot Centre, London, UK, Author Professor Bryan Jennett,  , Glasgow, UK, Author Dr Carole, Jenny Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Author Dr Graham R Jones, Medical Examiner's Office, Edmonton, Alberta , Canada, Author Professor A Wayne Jones, University Hospital, Linkoping, Sweden, Author Professor Alison Jones, St Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK, Author Dr Carol Jordan, University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Wo, Frankfort, Kentucky , USA, Author Dr Silvain Edouard, Josse,  , London, UK, Author Dr Mary Jumbelic, S.U.N.Y. Health Science Center campus, Syracuse, New York , USA, Author Dr John Jureidini, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Author Dr Tzipi Kahana, The National Center of Forensic Medicine, Tel Aviv , Israel, Co-author Dr Steven B, Karch, Hall of Justice, San Francisco, California, USA, Author Dr Steven Keeley, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Author Dr Timothy Patrick Kelliher, GE Research, Schenectady, New York, USA, Author Judge, Roderick Kennedy,  , Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Author Dr Sarah Kerrigan, New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Author Dr C., Keyser-Tracqui, Institute de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg, France, Co-author Mr, Atul Khanna, Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust, West Bromwich, UK, Author Professor Kazuhiko Kibayashi, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan, Author Dr Gavin Kirk, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa, Author Dr Steven A. Koehler, Office of the Coroner, County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Co-author Dr Akihisa Kouno,  , Sakai - Osaka,  JAPAN, Author Dr Henry Krous, Children's Hosptial and Health Center, San Diego, California , USA, Author Dr Nigel Langford,  ,  ,  , Co-author Dr Neil Langlois, Westmead Hospital, Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia, Author Dr Gilbert Lau, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Singapore, Author Dr Jodie Leditschke, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, Co-author Professor Henry C Lee, State Police Forensic Science Laboratory, Meriden, Connecticut, USA, Author Dr Laurel Leslie, Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA, Co-author Dr Roy Levin, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, Author Dr Barry Levine, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Author Professor Jay Levinson,  Israel, Author Dr Alexandra Lewis, Co-author Professor Bryan Liang, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, USA, Author Dr Dianne Little, Co-author Professor Ray H Liu, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Co-author Dr Bebe Loff,  ,  ,  , Co-author Dr Wayne Lord, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, USA, Author Professor Bertrand Ludes, Institut de Médecine Légale, Strasbourg , France, Author Dr Philippe Lunetta, Department of Forensic Medicine, Helsinki, Finland, Author Dr Bin Luo, Co-author Dr Bernard Marc, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Bondy, France, Author Dr Murray K Marks, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, Author Mr, Paul Marks,  , Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, UK, Author Dr Murray K Marks, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, Author Dr Lucy Marrero, Shands at Vista, a University of Florida Affiliate, Gainsville, Florida , USA, Co-author Dr L Martrille, CHU Lapeyronie, Montpellier , FRANCE, Author Dr Cheryl P May, Criminal Justice Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, Co-author Dr Helen McKelvie, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Victoria, Australia, Co-author Dr W. David McLay, University of Glasgow, Johnstone, UK, Author Dr James McNamara, NCAVC, Quantico, Virginia, USA, Co-author Professor Sir Roy, Meadow,  , Leeds, UK, Author Dr Tom Mieczowski, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA, Author Professor Michael J Millward, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia, Co-author Professor Christopher M Milroy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield , UK, Author Professor Sotaro Mimasaka, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, Co-author Professor Satoru Miyaishi, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama , Japan, Author Dr Karla A. Moore, Co-author Dr Fumio Moriya, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan, Co-author Dr Gerald Morris,  , Plantation, Florida , USA, Author Dr Robert Morton, NCAVC, Quantico, Virginia, USA, Co-author Professor Douglas, Mossman, Wright State University of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio , USA, Author Dr Patrick Mura, C.H.U. La Miletric, Poitiers, France, Co-author Dr William A, Murphy Jr., MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, Author Professor Wade Myers, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, Author Professor Kasinathan Nadesan, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Author Dr Steven Naidoo, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa, Author Dr Marcus Nashelsky, USA, Author Dr Geetha A., Natarajan, Chief Medical Examiner's Office, County of Middlesex, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA, Co-author Dr Rajan, Nathan, Scott Clinic, Merseyside , UK, Author Dr Mireille, Nathanson, University Hospital Jean Verdier (AP-HP), Paris, France, Co-author Professor Adam, Negrusz, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Author Professor Paul, Ng'walali, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Author Dr Jon J., Nordby, Final Analysis Forensics, Tacoma, Washington, USA, Author Dr Ivar Skjåk, Nordrum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Author Dr Guy, Norfolk, The Association of Police Surgeons, Glasgow, UK, Author Dr David, Norris, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Co-author Dr Beng Beng Ong, QHSS, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia, Author Judge, Frank Orlando, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida , USA, Author Ms, Elaine M Pagliaro, Department of Public Safety, Middletown, Connecticut, USA, Co-author Mr, Timothy Palmbach, Division of Scientific Services, Meredin, Connecticut, USA, Author Dr Jenny K. Park, UC Davis, Sacramento, California, USA, Co-author Dr Gilbert Park, Addenbrookes Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK, Author Dr Robert N. Parrish,  , Bountiful, Utah, USA, Author Mr, Mohan F Patel, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK, Author Dr Jason Payne-James,  , London, UK, Author Dr Michael Peel, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, London, UK, Author Dr Antii Pentillä, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Co-author Dr Dawn Perlmutter, Institute for the Research of Organized and Ritual Violence LLC, Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA, Author Dr Stefan Pollak, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Co-author Professor Derrick J, Pounder, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK, Author Dr Joe Prahlow, South Bend Medical Foundation, South Bend, Indiana, USA, Author Dr Andrea Provis, Mount Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Co-author Dr Cheryl Puskarich May, Forensic Sciences Education Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, Co-author Dr G Quatrehomme, Universite Nice, Nice , France, Author Dr Rivka Rabinovich, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Giva't Ram, Israel, Author Mr, Colin Ratcliff, Thames Valley Police,  , UK, Co-author Dr J Reavis, Relationship Training Institute, San Diego, California, USA, Author Dr Andrew Redmann,  , Kent, Washington, USA, Co-author Dr Rusty Reeves,  , South Orange, New Jersey, USA, Author Dr LiLan Ren, University of Houston Law Centre, Houston, Texas , USA, Co-author Dr Jean Rittscher, GE Research, Schenectady, New York, USA, Co-author Dr Keith J B Rix,  , Cleckheaton, UK, Co-author Dr Stephen Robinson,  , Altrincham , UK, Co-author Professor Richard, Rogers, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas , USA, Co-author Professor Torliev, Rognum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Co-author Dr Richard Rosner, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, New York, New York, USA, Co-author Professor Guy N Rutty, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, Author Mrs, Jane Rutty, DeMonfort University, Leicester, UK, Author Professor Pekka J Saukko, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Author Dr Christobel Saunders, University Department Surgery, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Author Dr Kathleen Savage, NFSTC, Largo, Florida , USA, Author Professor Akiko Sawaguchi, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo , Japan, Author Professor Toshiko Sawaguchi, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo , Japan, Co-author Dr Louise Scheuer, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London , UK, Author Dr Nadja Schreiber, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, Co-author Dr Yves Schuliar, Institut de recherche criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale, Rosny-sous-Bois, France, Author Dr Maryann Seals, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Canada, Co-author Professor Graham J, Sewell, University of Bath, Bath, UK, Author Dr Len, Shapiro Papworth Hospital, Cambridge , UK, Author Miss, Christine Shuttleworth, FGI, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Co-author Dr Tal, Simmons, Co-author Dr Ellie Simpson, Forensic Science Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Author Professor Torstein Sjøvold, Steological Research Laboratory, Solna, Sweden, Author Dr Julie Smith, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, UK, Author Dr William S Smock, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Author Mr, Mark Solon, Bond Solon, London, UK, Author Dr Marcella H Sorg, University of Maine, Orono, M, USA, Co-author Dr B Spivack, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Author Dr Margaret M Stark,  , Epsom, Surrey, UK, Author Dr Janice E Sullivan, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Co-author Dr Benjamin Swift, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK, Co-author Dr Jennifer A. Synstelien, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, Co-author Mr, Rob Taylor, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall , UK, Co-author Ms Mariateresa Tersigni,  , Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, Co-author Dr Michael, Thali Universitat Bern, Bern, Schweiz, Author Dr Peter J Thatcher, Northern Territory Police Service, Winnellie, Northern Territory, Australia, Author Professor Micael, Thid, Enandersgatan 26 University of Umeå, Borås, Sweden, Author Dr John W. Thompson, Jr, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Author Dr Michael Tsokos, University of Hamburg,, Hamburg, Germany, Author Professor Shigeyuki Tsunenari, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto , Japan, Co-author Dr Peter Tu, General Electric Company, Niskayuna, New York, USA, Author Dr Bryan Tully, Psychologists at Law Group, London, UK, Author Dr Rob Tunbridge, Transport Research Laboratory Limited, Crowthorn, UK, Author Dr Cor, Van der Lugt, Dutch National Police Selection and Training Institute, Zutphen, The Netherlands, Author Dr P Vanezis, UK, Co-author Mr, Joshua Vayer, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland,  , Co-author Dr Åshild Vege, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway, Author Professor Renu,Virmani, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC , USA, Author Professor Peter Vock, University Hospital Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, Co-author Dr Glenn Wagner, Medical Examiners Office, San Diego, California, USA, Author Dr Alfredo Walker, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, Co-author Mr, Ian J Wall, Ruislip, UK, Author Dr Barbara Weakley-Jones, Medical Examiner Office, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Author Dr Cyril H. Wecht, The Office of the Coroner, County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Author Dr Jan Welch, The Haven, The Caldecot Centre, London, UK, Co-author Dr Michael Welner, The Forensic Panel, New York, New York, USA, Author Dr Charles Wetli, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Hauppage, New York, USA, Author Professor Julian White, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Author Dr Donna Wielbo, NFSTC, Largo, Florida, USA, Co-author Professor James D Wilets, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA, Author Dr Gail Williams, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA, Author Dr Kim Wolff, National Addiction Centre, London , UK, Author Mr, Toby L Wolson, Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami, Florida, USA, Author Dr Michael George, Wright, London, UK, Author Mr, Jonathan Wyatt, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall , UK, Author Dr Kosei, Yonemitsu, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan, Author Professor Ken-ichi, Yoshida, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo , Japan, Author Dr Guoling, Zhao, Beijing, P. R. China, Author

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Winner of The Society of Authors and the Royal Society of Medicine Minty Book Prize 2006 2006 British Medical Association Medical Book Competition - HIGHLY COMMENDED "This collection of authoritative articles is truly encyclopaedic and is a 'must have' reference work." - Dr. Neville Davis, President of the Medico-Legal Society "The Encyclopaedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine provides a valuable reference tool for professionals of all disciplines. Comprehensive description of topics is put into a broader context and allows the reader to delve deeper into specific areas of interest. The narrative flows well and is accompanied by high quality and well-explained illustrations. The chapters are appropriately referenced. This work will be heavily relied upon by those working in forensic and legal medicine and related fields." - Dr. Anthony Bleetman, Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, University of Birmingham, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick In this multivolume encyclopedia, contributors explore the relationship between law, medicine, and science in the study of forensics. An international team of forensic specialists was responsible for covering over one hundred different subjects in this comprehensive reference series. Traditional crime-solving techniques such as autopsies, ballistics, fingerprinting, hair and fiber analysis, and the more sophisticated procedures associated with terrorism investigations, forensic chemistry, DNA, and immunoassays are some of the topics presented. Chapters, arranged in alphabetical order, are written in a clear and concise manner. Definitions are often provided for obscure terms. Information is supplemented by color pictures, tables, and diagrams. Each topic begins with an introduction and ends with a list of additional articles to be used for cross-referencing and further studies. In some instances, case studies further explain a topic, but they are minimal in number. This set should prove to be an excellent resource for professionals working in forensics, lawyers, or medical/graduate students interested in forensic training. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Libraries supporting graduate students and above. -- CHOICE Library Journal THE FOUR-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Forensic and Legal Medicine is a major undertaking, representing a breakthrough in encompassing forensic medicine, legal medicine, the forensic sciences, and related fields. In delineating the interactions between medicine and the law, it is a pioneering work. Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine covers the gamut of forensic and legal medicine and, in essence, is a complete library of the forensic sciences, including odontology, anthropology, toxicology, entomology, criminalistics, and forensic psychiatry. It also includes legal and technical issues, as well as health care, human rights, and ethics regarding both victims and perpetrators. Subtopics are endless and, to name a few, include the crime scene, DNA profiling, the various abuses suffered by children, police guidelines on postmortem examinations, prints (finger, palm, foot, face, and ear), prions, positional asphyxia, torture, ritualistic crimes, brain death, forensic psychiatry, war crimes, religious beliefs and atheism, various types of traumatic deaths, and decomposition patterns and rates. Many of the references will also have relevance for police, judicial, legal, and other investigative authorities in both providing and collating information. The volumes are highly authoritative, comprehensive, and diverse, consisting of articles by 279 recognized expert contributors from various disciplines. Notably, articles are also edited by a distinguished and expert editorial advisory board. Articles are succinctly written and richly illustrated with tables, diagrams, and highquality photographs, both color and black-and-white, that clearly illustrate the investigative findings and display important relationships. The material is presented as a series of alphabetical entries and is well organized so that the reader can readily locate specific information. To that end, three features are provided: "Contents List," "Cross References," and an index. A detailed "Contents" section at the beginning of each volume provides a subject's volume, page number, and a list of its component articles. This article list is repeated on the first page of the respective subject. Related topics and synonyms are also presented. The extensive cross-references at the ends of articles will lead the reader to additional detailed discussions of a subject, parallel discussions, and to areas that enhance the subject. The subject index is detailed, with three levels of headings, and highlights major discussions, tables, figures, general cross-references, and comparisons. Recommendations for additional reading are another valuable enhancement. The scope of the volumes gives an idea of their specific content. Volume 1 runs from "Accreditation of the Forensic Specialties" to "Courts, Report Writing"; volume 2 from "Crime Scene Investigation and Examination" to "Human Rights, Controls and Principles"; volume 3 from "Identification" to "Ritualistic Crime"; and volume 4 from "Road Traffic Accidents, Airbag-Related Injuries and Deaths" to (the Japanese crime society) "Yakusa." In between are numerous articles by expert contributors. The Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine is a veritable forensic library. I would recommend it to forensic pathologists, general pathologists, pediatric pathologists, forensic physicians, forensic scientists, coroners, forensic investigators, emergency department physicians, police surgeons, homicide detectives, prosecutors, judges, legal practitioners, pediatricians, primary care physicians, and psychiatrists. - Journal of the American Medical Association This impressive four-volume VADE MECUM (reference manual), which includes contributions from 279 authors from 21 countries, is both comprehensive and timely. - Michael M. Baden, MD, New England Journal of Medicine "Overall I have the impression that there are detailed articles on a wide range of topics. Each of these has been written by someone eminent in their field. This work in four volumes is aimed not just at specialists but also at the legal profession...This book is an ambitious undertaking and on the whole I (as a forensic physician) am going to find it very useful...I think that the subjects covered will give scientists a starting point and the cross references within the book and suggested reading lists will fill most gaps." - Quote - Dr. Lesley Lord, Science and Justice, Vol. 46 No. 2(2006)