This handbook is written for police investigators and forensic personnel who are tasked with developing investigations that require expertise in dentistry. The focus is providing the information necessary to recognize and professionally manage dental evidence. Investigators will understand the scientific nomenclature, scientific issues and the specialized forensic nature of this type of forensic investigation. The emphasis is on human identification from dental structures, the identification of people from bite marks, and the signs and significance of dental injuries present in violent crime. Law enforcement personnel, coroners, and other death investigators often encounter crime scenes and victims that require dental expertise. Attorneys are asked to present dental evidence in court. This book delivers the backbone information for these individuals to better assess their needs in both casework and litigation. Forensic Dentistry contains numerous photographs of crime scene evidence and bite marks on victims and details for the reader the types of dental evidence and what is expected regarding collection, documentation, and the capabilities of analytical methods. This book is the first of its kind to present essential information to the field investigator in a format that allows easy reference and comprehensive detail.
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"The book, which has a particularly attractive format and lay-out, offers the reader a detailed and updated overview of the modern methods employed in forensic odontology. The author, who is both a dentist and a legal professional, offers a number of concrete examples of investigations, where forensic medicine played a determining role. Case presentations, while focusing on identification, bite mark analyses, abuse and mass disasters emphasize, the role of methodology, the paramount importance of team work, on-site investigations, thorough searches for evidence, etc." --Newsletter of the International Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology
"This book's title is perhaps the best review possible for this wonderful text. "Forensic Dental Evidence An Investigator's Handbook" by C. Michael Bowers will show the crime scene investigator the complete scope of forensic odontology. A host of notable experts in the forensic sciences are listed as contributing authors and photographic contributors. The graphic illustrations provided in this book are excellent. The book begins by reviewing the history of forensic odontology. Dr. Bowers then describes who is qualified to render opinions on dental evidence. This book is a valuable tool to be used by the budding odontologist or any investigator trying to gain knowledge in the field of forensic odontology. I would highly recommend this book for library additions in any Medical Examiner's office, police department, forensic nursing station, law office or any agency that would use the services of a forensic odontologist." --Bryan Chrz D.D.S., Past President American Board of Forensic Odontology, Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
"...it does provide an excellent overview on this topic. This title is recommended for health sciences libraries." --E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 3, March 2005
"He had quite a unique resume: He went to law school and he is a dentist. It's a combination you don't run into much. It gives him a feel for the legal process that most others in the medical profession don't have." --Mike Frawley, Ventura County Chief Deputy District Attorney
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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Forensics leaflet, and promotion through key forensics accounts and exhibitions, such as the Forensic Science Society and the EAFS and IAFS.
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
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978-0-12-121042-7 (9780121210427)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
C. Michael Bowers is an Associate Clinical Professor at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. He is also the Deputy Medical Examiner in Ventura, California. Dr. Bowers is a practicing forensic dentist and consultant who has testified and worked on hundreds of cases where dental evidence has been involved. He is a former Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Odontology, a Senior Crime Scene Analyst for the International Association for Identification (IAI) and has written other articles, chapters and books on forensic dentistry. He owns and operates his own dental practice in Ventura, CA.
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Associate Clinical Professor, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Deputy Medical Examiner, Ventura, CA, USA
Introduction
1) The Dental Detectives
2) Dental Identification: The Investigator's Primer on Recognition, Recovery, and Preservation of Evidence
3) Bite Mark Analysis: Recognition, Recording and Reporting
4) DNA and Forensic Odontology
5) Physical Abuse and Forensic Dentistry: The Diagnosis of Violence
6) Dental Investigations in Mass Disaster Incidents
7) The Use of Digital Imaging in Human Identification
8) Legal Issues in Forensic Odontology
9) Forensic Photography and Forensic Odontology
