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.
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The range of conditions described emphasizes the massive combined experience of these authors, and the objective style of the text makes this an extremely valuable reference for every forensic pathologist and an excellent teaching medium for those who are working for their boards or other qualifications.
- Journal of the Forensic Science Society --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
The range of conditions described emphasizes the massive combined experience of these authors, and the objective style of the text makes this an extremely valuable reference for every forensic pathologist and an excellent teaching medium for those who are working for their boards or other qualifications.
- Journal of the Forensic Science Society --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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This review is from: Forensic Pathology (Hardcover)
One cannot help comparing this book with "Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death", which is in the same price range.This book is smaller and thinner, but it covers more exotic cases in the field, such as crucifixion and an asphyxiation by python. It also contains more data from academic research. While "Spitz and Fisher" is generally considered the required textbook for students and the ultimate authority in courtrooms, this one by Messrs. Di Maio (father and son) should be the required reference book for students in the field.
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Excellent sourcebook for readers,
This review is from: Forensic Pathology, Second Edition (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigations) (Hardcover)
This book, originally loaned to me by a police professional, is an excellent resource for a variety of readers who are involved with criminal investigations but don't really have all the tools and training of a full-time medical examiner. In my case, as a crime author, the text was an invaluable reference, putting some highly technical material into easily digested context. The collection of photographs, while occasionally grisly, provides an excellent visual reference. Recommended for laymen of all kinds who need a good reference work on forensic pathology.
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This review is from: Forensic Pathology, Second Edition (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigations) (Hardcover)
If your idea of forensics is CSI on television, this book is not for you. If you are studying forensic science, or need an excellent reference book, by all means - buy it. This book gives one a strong foundation, and the photographs are an excellent source of information, of which to look at after reading the descriptions.
The second edition is a definite improvment over the first.If you are looking for a chapter on gunshot wounds, it is not here. However, DiMaio has written the standard on evaluating gunshot wounds: Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques.
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The major duties of a medicolegal system in handling deaths falling under its jurisdiction are: To determine the cause and manner of death To identify the deceased if unknown To determine the time of death and injury To collect evidence from the body that can be used to prove or disprove an individual's guilt or innocence and to confirm or deny the account of how the death occurred. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
complete toxicological screen, erythematous marks, vitreous alcohol, carotid sleeper hold, fine petechiae, epicardial veins, medicolegal system, nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, contrecoup contusions, abraded margins, patterned abrasions, impacting vehicle, fluid emboli, positional asphyxia, medical examiner system, excited delirium, soft tissue hemorrhage, livor mortis, traumatic asphyxia, mechanical asphyxia, accidental hangings, ligature strangulation, toxicologic analysis, asphyxial deaths, incised wounds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The major duties of a medicolegal system in handling deaths falling under its jurisdiction are: To determine the cause and manner of death To identify the deceased if unknown To determine the time of death and injury To collect evidence from the body that can be used to prove or disprove an individual's guilt or innocence and to confirm or deny the account of how the death occurred. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
complete toxicological screen, erythematous marks, vitreous alcohol, carotid sleeper hold, fine petechiae, epicardial veins, medicolegal system, nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, contrecoup contusions, abraded margins, patterned abrasions, impacting vehicle, fluid emboli, positional asphyxia, medical examiner system, excited delirium, soft tissue hemorrhage, livor mortis, traumatic asphyxia, mechanical asphyxia, accidental hangings, ligature strangulation, toxicologic analysis, asphyxial deaths, incised wounds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Forensic Pathology Figure, Forens Sci, New York, United States, Forens Med Path, Color Figure, Forensic Sci, Forensic Med, Clin Pathol, Ann Emerg Med, Arch Pathol, Legal Med, Med Sci, Aberdeen Univ, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Obstet Gynecol, Toxic Fatal, Digestive Dis Sci, Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol, Textbook of Medical Physiology, Toxicol-Clin Toxicol, Accident Facts, Ann Intern Med, Arch Surg, Can Med Assoc New!
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- Forensic Pathology by Bernard Knight on 6 pages
- Forensic Medicine by Cedric Keith Simpson on 4 pages
- Textbook of Medical Physiology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access, 11e (Guyton Physiology) by Arthur C. Guyton on 4 pages
- Accident Facts by National Safety Council on page 275, page 387, and page 397
- The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine, and High-Stake Science by Richard Firstman on page 333, and page 364
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- Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice by David Dolinak on 8 pages
- Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law by Terrence F. Kiely on 4 pages
- Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques by Stuart James on page 42, page 567, and page 579
- Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigations) by Ross M. Gardner in Front Matter, page 56, and page 58
- Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives by Vernon J. Geberth in Front Matter, page 167, and Index
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