Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death

by Spitz, Werner U., M.D.; Spitz, Daniel J., M.D.; Clark, Ramsey; Fisher, Russell S.

• ISBN13: 9780398075446
• ISBN10: 0398075441
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd

Summary

Textbook presents all aspects of the pathology of trauma as it is witnessed daily by law enforcement officers,interpreted by pathologists in forensic pathology, and used by lawyers involved in the prosecution and defense of criminal cases. Topics include time of death and changes after death, identification of remains, and more. For students.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Ramsey Clark
Preface to the Fourth Edition	xvii
Preface to the Third Edition	xix
Preface to the Second Edition	xxi
Preface to the First Edition	xxiii
History and Development of Forensic Medicine and Pathology	3	(237)
Daniel J. Spitz
Crime Scene
Part 1. Bloodstain Pattern Interpretation	22	(23)
Herbert Leon MacDonell
Part 2. Biological Evidence on the Human Body	45	(17)
Heather Miller Coyle
Carll Ladd
Henry C. Lee
Part 3. Trace Evidence	62	(25)
Richard E. Bisbing
Time of Death and Changes After Death
Part 1. Anatomical Considerations	87	(41)
Joshua A. Perper
Part 2. Chemical Considerations	128	(21)
William Q. Sturner
Part 3. Forensic Entomology	149	(25)
Neil H. Haskell
Part 4. Exhumation	174	(10)
Michael M. Baden
Identification of Human Remains
Part 1. Diverse Techniques	184	(42)
Daniel J. Spitz
Part 2. DNA	226	(14)
Lynne M. Helton
Anthropology	240	(61)
William M. Bass
Forensic Odontology
Part 1. Bite Mark Identification	255	(27)
Richard R. Souviron
Part 2. Advanced Techniques in Dental Identification and Bite Marks	282	(5)
David Sweet
Part 3. Advanced Photographic Techniques	287	(5)
Gregory S. Golden
Part 4. The Use of Digital Analysis in Bite Mark Identification	292	(9)
C. Michael Bowers
Raymond J. Johansen
Sudden and Unexpected Death from Natural Causes in Adults	301	(135)
Barbara A. Sampson
Vernard I. Adams
Charles S. Hirsch
Investigation of Deaths in Childhood
Part 1. Feticide and Neonaticide	343	(14)
Werner U. Spitz
Daniel J. Spitz
Part 2. The Abused Child and Adolescent	357	(60)
Marvin S. Platt
Daniel J. Spitz
Werner U. Spitz
Part 3. The Differential Diagnosis of Child Abuse	417	(19)
Marvin S. Platt
Lisa Kohler
Trauma and Disease	436	(24)
Vernard I. Adams
Mark A. Flomenbaum
Charles S. Hirsch
Blunt Force Injury	460	(72)
Werner U. Spitz
Sharp Force Injury	532	(215)
Werner U. Spitz
Injury by Gunfire
Part 1. Gunshot Wounds	607	(99)
Werner U. Spitz
Part 2. Shotgun Wounds	706	(41)
Werner U. Spitz
Thermal Injuries	747	(36)
Werner U. Spitz
Asphyxia	783	(63)
Werner U. Spitz
Investigation of Bodies in Water	846	(36)
Daniel J. Spitz
Electrical and Lightning Injuries	882	(21)
Edmund R. Donoghue
Barry D. Lifschultz
Road Traffic Victim	903	(63)
Werner U. Spitz
Medicolegal Investigation of Mass Disasters	966	(126)
Glenn N. Wagner
Richard C. Froede
Trauma of the Nervous System
Part 1. Forensic Neuropathology	994	(84)
Vernon Armbrustmacher
Charles S. Hirsch
Part 2. Boxing Injuries	1078	(14)
Friedrich Unterharnscheidt
James M. Henry
Microscopic Forensic Pathology	1092	(43)
Joshua A. Perper
Forensic Aspects of Radiology	1135	(31)
B. G. Brogdon
Investigation of Deaths from Drug Abuse	1166	(52)
Boyd G. Stephens
Forensic Aspects of Alcohol	1218	(12)
Werner U. Spitz
The Medicolegal Autopsy Report	1230	(13)
Werner U. Spitz
Selected Procedures at Autopsy	1243	(32)
Werner U. Spitz
Index	1275