Medicina Forense: Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights Abuse and Armed Conflict

Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights Abuse and Armed Conflict

Born out of the need to recover, analyze, and present physical evidence on thousands of individual victims of large-scale human rights violations, multi-national, multi-disciplinary forensic teams developed a sophisticated system for the examination of human remains and set a precedent for future investigations. Codifying this process, Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights Abuse and Armed Conflict describes an epidemiological framework for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting evidence for use at trial. It pieces together fragments of skeletal tissue and associated physical evidence to determine a mechanism of trauma that is factually based, methodologically scripted, and scientifically interpreted.
Providing a contextual background, the opening chapter discusses international forensic investigations into Human Rights violations through international tribunals and other emerging judicial systems. The second chapter presents protocols for systemic data collection and methods for the differential diagnosis of wounds to classify and interpret mechanisms of injury. Organized topically, the remaining chapters evaluate blasting injuries, blunt force trauma, skeletal evidence of torture, sharp force trauma, and gunfire injuries. Each chapter discusses wounding mechanisms, wound pathophysiology, relevant legal examples, and case studies.

Autores: Erin H. Kimmerle, Jose Pablo Baraybar
Editorial: CRC Press
Edición: 1
Año: 2008
Páginas: 530
ISBN-10: 0849392691
ISBN-13: 978-0849392696
Tamaño: 30.95 MB
Formato: PDF
Idioma: Inglés

Medicina Forense: Guía para el llenado de los certificados de defunción y muerte fetal

Guía para el llenado de los certificados de defunción y muerte fetal

Contenido:
Introducción
Justificación
Objetivo
Instrucciones para esta guía
Certificado de Defunción
Descripción del Certificado de Defunción
Datos del fallecido
Datos de la defunción
Datos de la defunción por causas accidentales y/o violentas
Datos del informante
Datos del certificante
Datos del registro civil
Causas de la defunción
Instrucciones para registrar las causas de defunción
Ejemplos de certificación de las defunciones
Recomendaciones generales para el llenado del certificado
Ejercicios de certificación de las defunciones
Certificado de Muerte Fetal
Certificación de las muertes fetales
Datos del producto, del embarazo y del suceso
Causas de la muerte fetal
Datos de la madre
Ejemplos de certificación de causas de muerte fetal
Respuestas a los ejercicios de las evaluaciones

Secretaría de Salud - México
Edición: 3ª
Año: 2007
Páginas: 52
Tamaño: 1.58 MB
Formato: PDF
Idioma: Español
Fuente: www.sinais.salud.gob.mx

Medicina Forense: Atlas de Medicina Legal y Forense

Atlas de Medicina Legal y Forense

Contenido:
Tanatologia
Procesos destructivos del cadaver
Autopsia medico-legal
Exámen interno del cadáver
Patología forense general
Patologia forense especial
Accidentes de tráfico
Lesiones por arma blanca
Lesiones por arma de fuego
Lesiones por artefactos explosivos
Lesiones por agentes físicos
Carbonización cadavérica
Asfixias mecánicas
Estrangulación
Medicina legal sexológica
Transexualismo
Medicina legal del recién nacido
Toxicología

Tamaño: 95.49 MB
Formato: PDF
Idioma: Español

Medicina Forense: Essential Forensic Biology 2nd 2009

Essential Forensic Biology 2nd 2009

Contents:
PART A: HUMAN REMAINS: DECAY, DNA, TISSUES AND FLUIDS
Chapter One: The decay, discovery and recovery of human bodies
The dead body
The stages of decomposition
Factors affecting the speed of decay
Discovery and recovery of human remains
Determining the age and provenance of skeletonized remains
Future developments
Chapter Two: Body fluids and waste products
Blood cells and blood typing
Methods for detecting blood
Confirming the presence of blood
Bloodstain pattern analysis
Artificial blood
Post mortem toxicological analysis of blood
Saliva and semen
Vitreous humor
Faeces and urine as forensic indicators
Future directions
Chapter Three: Molecular biology
The structure of DNA
DNA sampling
DNA profiling
Polymerase chain reaction
Short tandem repeat markers
Single nucleotide polymorphism markers
Determination of ethnicity
Determination of physical appearance
Determination of personality traits
Mobile element insertion polymorphisms
Mitochondrial DNA
RNA
DNA databases
Future developments
Chapter Four: Human tissues
The outer body surface
Hair
Bones
Teeth
Future developments
Chapter Five: Wounds
Definitions
Blunt force injuries
Sharp force traumas
Bone damage
Additional aspects of wound interpretation
Asphyxia
Pathology associated with drug use
Gunshot wounds
Bite marks
Burns and scalds
Ageing of wounds
Post mortem injuries
Future developments

PART B: INVERTEBRATES AND VERTEBRATES
Chapter Six: Invertebrates 1: biological aspects
An introduction to invertebrate biology
Invertebrates as forensic indicators in cases of murder or suspicious death
Invertebrates as a cause of death
Invertebrates as forensic indicators in cases of neglect and animal welfare
The role of invertebrates in food spoilage and hygiene litigation
The illegal trade in invertebrates
Invertebrate identification techniques
Future directions
Chapter Seven: Invertebrates 2: practical aspects
Calculating the PMI/time since infestation from invertebrate development rates
Complicating factors affecting earliest oviposition date calculations
Determination of the PMI using invertebrate species composition
Determination of the PMI using ectoparasites
Determination of movement from invertebrate evidence
Invertebrate evidence in cases of wound myiasis and neglect
Detection of drugs, toxins and other chemicals in invertebrates
Obtaining human/vertebrate DNA evidence from invertebrates
Determining the source and duration of invertebrate infestations of food products
Collecting invertebrates for forensic analysis
Killing and preserving techniques for invertebrates
Future directions
Chapter Eight: Vertebrates
Introduction
Vertebrate scavenging of human corpses
Vertebrates causing death and injury
Neglect and abuse of vertebrates
Vertebrates and drugs
Vertebrates and food hygiene
Illegal trade and killing of protected species of vertebrates
Identification of vertebrates
Future directions

PART C: PROTISTS, FUNGI, PLANTS AND MICROBES
Chapter Nine: Protists, fungi and plants
Introduction
Protists
Fungi
Plants
Plant secondary metabolites as sources of drugs and poisons
Illegal trade in protected plant species
Future directions
Chapter Ten: Bacteria and viruses
Introduction
The role of microorganisms in the decomposition process
Microbial profiles as identification tools
Microbial infections and human behaviour
Microbial infections that can be mistaken for signs of criminal activity
The use of microorganisms in bioterrorism
Future directions
References
Index

Autor: Alan Gunn
Editorial: Wiley - Blackwell
Edición: 2ª
Año: 2009
Páginas: 437
ISBN: 978-0-470-75804-5
Tamaño: 14.76 MB
Formato: PDF
Idioma: Inglés

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Psiquiatría: Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry

Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry

Now in its second edition, and still under the editorial guidance of Richard Rosner, this book continues to be the standard reference textbook in the field. Over the years, the scope of forensic psychiatry has widened, and a major strength of this book is that it succinctly covers the major subspecialties of forensic practice, including civil law, family and domestic relations, correctional psychiatry, and the evaluation and treatment of criminals. Such varied topics as malingering, psychiatric abuse, and head injury are clustered in 26 chapters in a section entitled "Special Clinical Issues in Forensic Psychiatry."

Autor: Richard Rosner
Editorial: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Edición: 2ª
Año: 2003
Páginas: 929
ISBN-10: 9780340806647
ISBN-13: 978-0340806647
Tamaño: 4.98 MB
Formato: PDF
Idioma: Inglés

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Medicina Forense: Autopsy Pathology - A Manual and Atlas

Autopsy Pathology - A Manual and Atlas

This how-to guide presents today's most complete coverage of performing, interpreting, and reporting post-mortem examinations. In addition to discussing the basics of the specialty, this lasting and useful reference features information on the performance of specialized autopsy procedures. The material is divided into two sections for ease of use: a manual covering specific autopsy procedures, biosafety, generation of autopsy reports, preparation of death certificates, and other essential subjects; and an atlas, organized by organ system, that captures the appearance of the complete spectrum of autopsy findings. The updated second edition features a new chapter on the popular topic of forensic pathology and the Expert Consult functionality allows you to access the entire contents of the book online.

Autores: Walter E. Finkbeiner, Philip C. Ursell, Richard L. Davis
Editorial: Saunders
Edición: 2ª
Año: 2009
Páginas: 364
ISBN: 979-1-4160-5453-5
Tamaño: 21.9 MB
Formato: PDF
Idioma: Inglés

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