Librería Servicio Médico

Author: Dorion

Language: English

Finishing: Hardcover, 674 pages

ISBN: 978143918626

Edition Number: 2/2011

Description:

Experts in the field of bitemark evidence confront complexities ranging from the identification and collection of evidence, to microscopic analysis, to legal implications and courtroom admissibility. Now in its second edition, Bitemark Evidence reflects the knowledge, training, experience, opinions, and research of 27 authors from around the world to present an atlas with coverage from a range of disciplines. This comprehensive text details the protocols for photography, collection, preservation, and analysis of bitemarks and examines everything from the history of bitemark evidence, to diagnostic considerations, to expert witnesses and testimony.

Features:

• Reflects the knowledge, training, experience, opinions, and research of 27 authors from around the world
• Covers everything from the history of bitemark evidence, to diagnostic considerations, to courtroom testimony
• Details the protocols for photography, collection, preservation, and analysis of bitemarks
• Discusses upcoming research and legal implications and ramifications
• Emphasizes diagnosis, communications, and cooperations among the different experts

New in the Second Edition:

• A historical perspective, beginning with the earliest known bitemark references from the Bible and the Kama Sutra, up to the modern development of forensic organizations around the world
• Updated chapter on digital photography
• Practical tips on forensic bitemark photography
• Processing and analysis of digital images for evidentiary purposes
• The rationale, use, materials, and methods employed for confocal laser microscopy (CLM) and the scanning electron microscope (SEM)
• Current issues in bitemark analysis and research, emerging technologies, and recent developments
• Completely revamped section on research with hundreds of accompanying color photographs
• Experimental bitemarks and histology, with data on the microscopic examination of bitemarks on fresh and frozen piglet skin and the microscopic examination of human bitemarks
• Updated information on genotypic comparison of oral bacteria isolated from bitemarks and teeth
• Proper steps in forming a contract with an expert witness
• Erroneous bitemark opinions and wrongful convictions overturned by DNA evidence

Table of Contents:

Section I: A Historical Perspective

• History of Bitemark Evidence; D. R. Senn

Section II: Bitemark Recognition

• The Role of Health Professionals in Diagnosing Patterned Injuries from Birth to Death; J. D. McDowell
• Role of the Medical Examiner, Coroner, and Pathologist; J. H.Davis
• The Team Approach in Bitemark Investigation; V. F. Delattre

Section III: Description of the Bitemark

• The Nature of Bitemarks; M. L. Bernstein
• Reconstructive Bitemark Analysis; M. L. Bernstein

Section IV: Collection of Bitemark Evidence

• A: Noninvasive Analyses
• Photography; G. S. Golden and F. D. Wright
• Practical Tips in Forensic Bitemark Photography; L. Gagnon
• Image Processing and Analysis for Evidentiary Purposes; W. R. Oliver
• Bitemarks as Biological Evidence; D. Sweet O.C.
• Bitemark Impressions; R. B. J. Dorion
• Microscopy Techniques; P. J. Bush
• Nonperishables and Perishables; R. B. J. Dorion

Section IV: Collection of Bitemark Evidence

• B: Invasive Analyses
• Tissue Specimens; R. B. J. Dorion
• Histology and Timing of Injury; J. H.Davis

Section V: Bitemark Variables and Cases

• Animal Bites; R. R. Souviron
• Carnivore Bitemarks; R. B. J. Dorion
• Human Bitemarks; R. B. J. Dorion
• Patterns, Lesions, and Trauma-Mimicking Bitemarks; R. B. J. Dorion and R. R. Souviron

Section VI: Research

• Current Context of Bitemark Analysis and Research; M. A. Bush and P. J. Bush
• Research, Emerging Technologies, and Recent Developments; R. B. J. Dorion
• Experimental Bitemarks and Histology; M. Houde
• Genotypic Comparison of Bacterial DNA Recovered from Bitemarks and Teeth; G. R. Tompkins

Section VII: Collection of Evidence from the Suspect

• The Suspect; L. T. Johnson

Section VIII: Methods of Comparison

• Methods of Comparison; J. C. Dailey

Section IX: The Reports

• Bitemark Report; M. L. Bernstein

Section X: Prevention and Contamination

• Precautionary Measures; P. G. Stimson

Section XI: Legal Considerations and the Courtroom

• Science and the Law; R. A. Mincer and H. H. Mincer
• Case Law; R. E. Barsley
• Contracting with the Expert Witness; R. D. Metcalf
• Courtroom Aids in Bitemark Evidence; J. P. Kenney
• Legal Liability of an Expert Witness; H. M. Pitluck
• Wrongful Convictions and Erroneous Bitemark Opinions; I. A. Pretty and C. M. Bowers

Section XII: Contentious Issues

• Reliability of Bitemark Analysis; I. A. Pretty
• Resolving Issues in Bitemark Analysis; I. A. Pretty

Section XIII: Appendices

• Appendix 1: ABFO Bitemark Analysis Guidelines—Outline 
• Appendix 2: ABFO Guidelines for Investigative and Final Bitemark Reports 
• Appendix 3: Bitemark Checklist—Bitemark Recipient 
• Appendix 4: Bitemark Checklist—Suspected Biter 
• Appendix 5: Sample Consent Form 
• Appendix 6: Dental Nomenclature

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