Forensic Medicine category: 194 books
by Thomas Catalano
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Good Laboratory Practices for Forensic Chemistry acknowledges the limitations that often challenge the validity of data and resultant conclusions. Eight chapters examine current practices in analytical chemistry as well as business practices, guidelines and regulations in the pharmaceutical industry...
When Science Sheds Light on History
Forensic Science and Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
"Well written and hard to put down. For anyone with an interest in forensic science, this book is a must-read."--Nigel McCrery, author of Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science "This compilation is a fascinating read for the nonspecialist...
by Jennifer C. Love, Sharon M. Derrick, Jason M. Wiersema
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
This illustrated guide to the role of the forensic anthropologist in investigating child abuse is an essential resource in one of the most contentious areas of forensic pathology. Not only does it supply a review of the literature in this field, but it illustrates the material with photographs from...
by Jules Kieser, Michael Taylor, Debra Carr
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to living organisms, and it is one of the most exciting and fastest growing research areas. In forensic science, it is biomechanics that explains trauma to the body at a crime scene or the fracture of fibers and textiles, and helps interpret...
Interpreting Evidence
Evaluating Forensic Science in the Courtroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
This book explains the correct logical approach to analysis of forensic scientific evidence. The focus is on general methods of analysis applicable to all forms of evidence. It starts by explaining the general principles and then applies them to issues in DNA and other important forms of scientific...
by Balwant Rai, Jasdeep Kaur
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
Recent years have witnessed significant advances in forensic odontology. This book presents basic concepts in the field and describes all the standard examination procedures currently employed in the acquisition of dental evidence. Detailed information is provided on the identification of unknown...
Forensic Histopathology
Fundamentals and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2011
This book, which combines the features of an atlas and a textbook, presents findings in forensic histology, immunohistochemistry, and cytology based on microscopic investigations using different stainings and different antibodies. The principal aim is to provide practitioners with detailed information...
Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning
Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
This cutting-edge title is one of the first devoted entirely to the issue of carbofuran and wildlife mortality. It features a compilation of international contributions from policy-makers, researchers, conservationists and forensic practitioners and provides a summary of the history and mode of action...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
This book both explains in detail diverse aspects of the law as it relates to dentistry and examines key issues in forensic odontostomatology. A central aim is to enable the dentist to achieve a realistic assessment of the legal situation and to reduce uncertainties and liability risk. To this end,...
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
**Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie"—**The New York Observer
A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and...
It Can (And Does) Happen Here!
One Physician’S Four Decades-Long Journey as Coroner in Rural North Idaho
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
When a loved one dies in a mysterious manner, we rely on coroners and medical examiners to tell us what happened. The stakes are high: Coroners seek justice for the dead, exoneration for the wrongfully accused, and closure for the families of victims. They are always on call and work closely with...
Dead Center
Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A city with eight million people has eight million ways to die
For fifteen years, Shiya Ribowsky worked as a medicolegal investigator in New York City’s medical examiner’s office—the largest, most sophisticated organization of its kind in the world. Utilizing his background in medicine,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Juvenile homicide and fatal maltreatment remain serious and pervasive problems in the developed world and especially in the United States, where in 2005 some 1,500 children died from neglect and physical abuse. Alarming statistics such as this, as well as an upsurge in the media attention paid to...
Soil in Criminal and Environmental Forensics
Proceedings of the Soil Forensics Special, 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference, The Hague
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
This introductory volume to a new series on Soil Forensics gives a kaleidoscopic view of a developing forensic expertise. Forensic practitioners and academic researchers demonstrate, by their joint contributions, the extent and complexity of soil forensics. their reports exemplify the broad range...