Necrophilia: Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects [Hardcover]

Anil Aggrawal (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1420089129 | ISBN-13: 978-1420089127 | Publication Date: December 7, 2010 | Edition: 1

Necrophilia: Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects is the first text that deals with the scientific aspects of necrophilia from a multidisciplinary point of view. After an introduction that provides a general scientific, social, and historical perspective, this volume:

• Explores causes and contributing factors, covering biological theories and genetics, as well as trauma, brain anomalies, and substance abuse
• Offers an original approach to classification, creating ten levels of severity from role playing to homicidal necrophilia
• Discusses necrophilia epidemiology, exploring offender characteristics and habits
• Provides 20 case studies of infamous as well as less publicized cases
• Details the forensics approach to necrophilia investigation
• Examines current legislation and mores across the world
• Explains the challenges involved with providing expert testimony

Editorial Reviews

Review

" Dr. Aggrawal proceeds as a dispassionate scientist to unearth … both contemporary and historical cases that will amaze the reader, and also construct for the first time a classification of various kinds of necrophilia. … Along with his previous textbook, Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, Dr. Aggrawal has once again made a very important contribution to the criminal forensic literature. Necrophilia is extreme, it is rare, and it is inexplicable to most; but until now, it has also been devoid of a systematic, scientific, and investigative text…. ."
— From the Foreword by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego

About the Author

Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Product Details

• Hardcover: 268 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (December 7, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420089129
• ISBN-13: 978-1420089127
• Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #388,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Law > Family & Health Law > Medical Law & Legislation

More About the Author

Anil Aggrawal obtained his MD in Forensic medicine and toxicology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and then proceeded to Edinburgh - traditionally regarded as the home of Forensic Medicine - for higher training. He was trained further in Japan and the US under the prestigious WHO fellowship.

Dr. Aggrawal currently teaches Forensic Medicine at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and edits a peer-reviewed internet journal on this subject. Paraphilias, sexual crimes and their medicolegal aspects has been his special area of interest for the last 25 years. He lives in New Delhi with his wife and a personal library of over 20,000 books