E-Book Overview
Medicolegal investigation of death is the most crucial and significant function of the medical examiner within the criminal justice system. The medical examiner is primarily concerned with violent, sudden, unexpected, and suspicious deaths and is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death, identifying the deceased, determining the approximate time of death and injury, collecting evidence from the body, issuing the death certificate, and documenting these events through an official autopsy report. The basis of the medicolegal investigation is forensic pathology.Written for both medical and investigative professionals, Forensic Pathology, Second Edition presents an overview of medicolegal investigative systems. Completely updated, the book examines investigative techniques and procedures that lead to obtaining accurate conclusions of death by homicide, accident, or suicide.
E-Book Content
Forensic Pathology Second Edition
CRC SERIES IN PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL AND FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS VERNON J. GEBERTH, BBA, MPS, FBINA Series Editor Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures, and Forensic Techniques, Third Edition Vernon J. Geberth The Counter-Terrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques, Second Edition Frank Bolz, Jr., Kenneth J. Dudonis, and David P. Schulz Forensic Pathology, Second Edition Dominick J. Di Maio and Vincent J. M. Di Maio Interpretation of Bloodstain Evidence at Crime Scenes, Second Edition William G. Eckert and Stuart H. James Tire Imprint Evidence Peter McDonald Practical Drug Enforcement: Procedures and Administration Michael D. Lyman Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Third Edition Robert R. Hazelwood and Ann Wolbert Burgess The Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Investigation, and Intervention, Second Edition Seth L. Goldstein Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, and Forensic Techniques, Second Edition Vincent J. M. Di Maio Friction Ridge Skin: Comparison and Identification of Fingerprints James F. Cowger Footwear Impression Evidence, Second Edition William J. Bodziak Principles of Kinesic Interview and Interrogation Stan Walters Practical Fire and Arson Investigation, Second Edition David R. Redsicker and John J. O’Connor The Practical Methodology of Forensic Photography, Second Edition David R. Redsicker Practical Gambling Investigation Techniques Kevin B. Kinnee Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation David E. Zulawski and Douglas E. Wicklander Investigating Computer Crime Franklin Clark and Ken Diliberto Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide Vernon J. Geberth Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: With an Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction Tom Bevel and Ross M. Gardner Practical Aspects of Munchausen by Proxy and Munchausen Syndrome Investigation Kathryn Artingstall Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Ridgeology David R. Ashbaugh
Forensic Pathology Second Edition
Vincent J. DiMaio Dominick DiMaio
CRC Press Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.
0072 FM Page 4 Friday, May 11, 2001 10:24 AM
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Di Maio, Dominick J. Forensic pathology / Dominick J. Di Maio, Vincent J.M. Di Maio --2nd ed. p. cm. (Practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigation) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8493-0072-X 1. Forensic pathology. I. Di Maio, Vincent J.M., 1941- II. Title .III. CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations. [DNLM: 1. Forensic Medicine. 2. Pathology. W 700 D582f2001] RA1063.4 .D5 2001 614′.1—dc21 2001025798
This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with permission, an