Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine: 1-4

Increasingly, high profile criminal and civil legal actions around the world highlight the interactions between medicine and the law. In this pioneering four volume encyclopedia, an international team of forensic specialists explore the relationship between law, medicine, and science in the study of forensics. This important work includes over three hundred state-of-the-art chapters, with articles covering crime-solving techniques such as autopsies, ballistics, fingerprinting, hair and fibre analysis, and the sophisticated procedures associated with terrorism investigations, forensic chemistry, DNA, and immunoassays. Available online and in four printed volumes, the encyclopedia is an essential reference for any practitioner in a forensic, medical, healthcare, legal, judicial, or investigative field looking for easily accessible and authoritative overviews on a wide range of topics. Chapters have been arranged in alphabetical order and are written in a clear and concise manner, with definitions provided in the case of obscure terms and information supplemented with pictures, tables and diagrams. Each topic includes cross-referencing to related articles and case studies where further explanation is required, along with references to external sources for further reading. Brings together all appropriate aspects of forensic medicine and legal medicine Contains color figures, sample forms and other materials that the reader can adapt for their own practice Also available in an on-line version which provides numerous additional reference and research tools, additional multimedia, and powerful search functions INDICE: (Contents subject to change prior to publication) Age Estimation Allergies Animal Attacks and Injuries Bone Pathology and Antemortem Trauma DNA and anthropology, Sex Determination, Racial Affinity Determination, Blood Grouping Asphyxia Autopsy Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Children, Stages of Development and Growth, Legal Protection and Rights Sudden Natural Infant and Childhood Death Coma, Definitions and Differential Diagnoses Computer Crime and Digital Evidence Mental Capacity Assessment Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination, Major Incident Scene Management, Underwater Crime Scenes Recovery of Human Remains Suspicious Deaths Criminal Profiling Murder, Manslaughter, Homicide and Attempts Decomposition, Patterns and Rates Domestic Violence Electric Shocks and Electrocution, Clinical Effects and Pathology Extremes of Temperature Fire Investigation, Evidence Recovery Forensic Interviewing, Forensic Psychiatric Assessment, Preparation of Witnesses Mental Handicap and Learning Disability Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Substance Misuse, Drug-Induced Injury, Accidental and Iatrogenic Stalking Sex Offenders, Sexual Assault Criminal Responsibility Head Trauma Healing and Repair of Wounds and Bones Human Rights, Controls and Principles Identification: Facial identification, Finger and Palm Prints, Footprints, Ear Prints, Challenges to Fingerprints Forensic Photography Radiology Blunt Force Injury, Burns and Scalds, Explosive Injury & Firearm Injury, Sharp and Cutting-Edge Wounds Ageing of Injuries, Postmortem Changes Mass Murder, Mass Poisonings Medical Definitions of Death, Legal Definitions of Death Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Abortion Medical Malpractice Medical Records, Documentation, Confidentiality and Obligations Crime and Mental Health Murder-Suicide Necrophilia Neonaticide Odontology Parentage Testing Road Traffic Accidents, Airbag-related Injuries and Deaths Sobriety Tests and Drug Recognition Serial Murder Blood Identification, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Starvation Urine Analysis, Hair Analysis, Alternative Body Fluids Analysis Sudden Natural Death Suicide & Self-harm, Suicide Predictors and Statistics Terrorism, Torture War Crimes & Injuries . and many more

• ISBN: 978-0-12-800034-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 3264
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés