Online EBooks, Textbooks, Buy Books Online » Forensic Medicine http://booksfever.com Get all desired Books of your choice! Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:51:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry http://booksfever.com/principles-and-practice-of-child-and-adolescent-forensic-psychiatry http://booksfever.com/principles-and-practice-of-child-and-adolescent-forensic-psychiatry#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:12:51 +0000 admin http://booksfever.com/?p=25177 Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry

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Hardcover: 385 pages
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (January 15, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0880489561
ISBN-13: 978-0880489560.

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It was not until the mid-twentieth century that childhood achieved recognition as a developmental stage separate from adulthood. Despite the legal protections (e.g., child labor laws) for children that have been established since then, we’re still relatively early in the process of discovering childhood’s legal and forensic contexts. Taking us a quantum leap forward is this practical textbook, a step-by-step guide that walks clinicians through the often-confusing world of depositions and courtroom testimony. The editorsApioneers in child and adolescent forensic psychiatryAhave dramatically expanded their earlier textbook (Clinical Handbook of Child Psychiatry and the Law), bringing clarity and coherence to these complex and often highly charged clinical and legal issues by emphasizing evidence-based research within an easy-to-read outline format. Structured around clinical case examples, countertransference pitfalls, and guidelines for action, -Part 1, Basics reviews the history and principles of law (forensic ethics, psychological testing, and testifying in court) of forensic psychiatry and provides a framework for approaching forensic evaluations (including vicarious traumatization). -Part II, Child Custody talks about how to approach child custody disputes (including current social dilemmas that pose ethical and clinical questions for the forensic examiner), evaluations and assessments, foster care and adoption, termination of parental rights, and transracial/transcultural adoption in the United States. -Part III, Child Abuse presents new information on the developmental aspects of memory in children, the reliability and suggestibility of children’s statements, interview techniques, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, sexual harassment in school-age children, and child pornography. -Part IV, Youth Violence details how violence affects the child’s developing brain (setting the stage for conduct disorders, dissociative disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder), assesses the risks of carrying weapons, and summarizes youth risk factors, common evaluation pitfalls, and prevention and intervention programs. -Part V, Juvenile Offenders highlights the differences between the content and application of juvenile and adult law, addressing the waiver of juveniles to adult court, effective early detection and intervention programs, and techniques for helping the especially problematic sexually aggressive youth. -Part VI, Legal Issues reviews the treatment of minors, the current state (including recent court decisions) of psychiatric commitment of minors, special issues for mentally retarded children, and psychic trauma and civil litigation. Even clinicians who plan never to set foot in court will want to have this reference on hand. Rich in both historical detail and practical guidance, this remarkable collection by top authors and clinicians in the field is the definitive reference (and preparation guide for board certification in forensic psychiatry) for practitioners, forensic examiners, attorneys and judges, and trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology.

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Humana Press; 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006 edition (November 5, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1617375772
ISBN-13: 978-1617375774.

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An international panel of experts from diverse specialties examine the idea of “evil” in a medical context, specifically a mental health setting, to consider how the concept can be usefully interpreted, and to elucidate its relationship to forensic psychiatry. The authors challenge the belief that the concept of “evil” plays no role in “scientific” psychiatry and is not helpful to our understanding of aberrant human thinking and behavior. Among the viewpoints up for debate are a consideration of organizations as evil structures, the “medicalization” of evil, destruction as a constructive choice, violence as a secular evil, talking about evil when it is not supposed to exist, and the influence of evil on forensic clinical practice. Among the highlights are a psychological exploration of the notion of “evil” and a variety of interesting research methods used to explore the nature of “evil.”

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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (April 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405111011
ISBN-13: 978-1405111010.

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Introduction to Veterinary and Comparative Forensic Medicine is a ground-breaking book in an emerging new speciality. It reflects the increasing demand for expert opinion by veterinarians and others in courts of law and elsewhere on such matters as:

  • wildlife conservation,
  • welfare of, and alleged cruelty to, animals,
  • insurance, certification and malpractice
  • the identification of live and dead species or their derivatives.It also discusses and analyses current concern over possible links between domestic violence and abuse of animals. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the need for a systematic and thorough approach to forensic work. A particular feature is practical advice, with protocols on dealing with common problems, together with case studies, various appendices and an extensive bibliography.

    A vital reference for members of the veterinary profession, lawyers, enforcement bodies and welfare and conservation organisations. The comparative aspects provide an important source of information for those working in human forensic medicine and the biological sciences.

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    Hardcover: 512 pages
    Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (February 28, 2005)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0849315131
    ISBN-13: 978-0849315138.

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    This book provides a primary reference source for nuclear forensic science, including the vastly disciplinary nature of the overall endeavor for questioned weapons of mass destruction specimens. Nothing like this exists even in the classified material. For the first time, the fundamental principles of radioforensic analysis, all pertinent protocols and procedures, computer modeling development, interpretational insights, and attribution considerations are consolidated into one convenient source. The principles and techniques so developed are then demonstrated and discussed in their applications to real-world investigations and casework conducted over the past several years.

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    ]]>     http://booksfever.com/nuclear-forensic-analysis/feed 0     Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 3 http://booksfever.com/forensic-pathology-reviews-vol-3 http://booksfever.com/forensic-pathology-reviews-vol-3#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:14:12 +0000 admin http://booksfever.com/?p=21925 Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 3

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    Paperback: 468 pages
    Publisher: Humana Press; 1st Edition. edition (November 2, 2010)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1617375527
    ISBN-13: 978-1617375521.

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    A collection of cutting-edge accounts of special topics from various fields of forensic pathology and death scene investigation. The authors offer critical insight into the medicolegal investigation of bodies found in water, the forensic aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection of the central nervous system, deaths in a head-down position, and forensic bitemark analysis. Additional chapters address taphonomic changes in human bodies during the early postmortem interval, arrhythmogenic ventricular dysplaisia that produces sudden death in young people, the postmortem diagnosis of death in anaphylaxis, and iatrogenici deaths. The forensic aspects of suicide, murder-suicide, and suicide trends in the United States are also discussed, along with the evaluation of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism and the use of radiology in medicolegal investigations.

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    Hardcover: 672 pages
    Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (November 1, 2010)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1420075624
    ISBN-13: 978-1420075625.

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    Brogdon’s Forensic Radiology demonstrates the application of radiology in cases involving identifying remains, evaluating causes of death, and establishing evidence. This second edition features new material on the large scale investigation of war crimes and human rights abuses; recent technological changes and the role of virtual autopsies; the use of sectional imaging for dental identification; reconstruction of gunshot injuries; new techniques for portable x-ray, computerized data recording, and image analysis post-processing; as well as increased coverage of applications in non-biological materials. Case studies feature tsunamis and the London bombings.

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    ]]>     http://booksfever.com/brogdons-forensic-radiology/feed 0     Forensic Engineering 2009: Pathology of the Built Environment http://booksfever.com/forensic-engineering-2009-pathology-of-the-built-environment http://booksfever.com/forensic-engineering-2009-pathology-of-the-built-environment#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:40:13 +0000 admin http://booksfever.com/?p=21332 Forensic Engineering 2009: Pathology of the Built Environment

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    Paperback: 824 pages
    Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (October 30, 2009)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0784410828
    ISBN-13: 978-0784410820.

    Book Description

    This proceedings contains 82 papers presented at the 5th ASCE Forensic Engineering Congress, held in Washington, D.C., November 11 14, 2009. The conference was sponsored by the ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering whose mission is to develop practices and procedures to reduce the number of failures, to disseminate information on failures, and to provide guidelines for conducting failure investigations and for ethical conduct. Forensic Engineering 2009: Pathology of the Built Environment includes papers that examine case studies, investigation approach and methodology, expert witnessing, ethics, standard of care, non-destructive evaluation, and education in forensic engineering. This book will be valuable to engineers, professionals, researchers, educators, and students involved in forensic engineering.

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    ]]>     http://booksfever.com/forensic-engineering-2009-pathology-of-the-built-environment/feed 0     Forensic Epidemiology: A Comprehensive Guide for Legal and Epidemiology Professionals http://booksfever.com/forensic-epidemiology-a-comprehensive-guide-for-legal-and-epidemiology-professionals http://booksfever.com/forensic-epidemiology-a-comprehensive-guide-for-legal-and-epidemiology-professionals#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:39:12 +0000 admin http://booksfever.com/?p=20284 Forensic Epidemiology: A Comprehensive Guide for Legal and Epidemiology Professionals

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    Hardcover: 216 pages
    Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (July 14, 1999)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0809322226
    ISBN-13: 978-0809322220.

    Book Description

    Sana Loue explores the concepts of legal and epidemiological causation, the use of epidemiological data based on populations to determine causation in an individual case, and the use of epidemiological evidence in litigation, including the reliance on experts and expert witnesses.

    Loue provides a guide for the attorney with little or no background in epidemiological theory and for the epidemiologist contemplating a new role as an expert witness. She assumes of her readers a working knowledge of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence.

    Discussing the epidemiologist as expert witness, Loue covers the nature of that testimony, the purpose of the testimony, and the qualifications necessary to be regarded as an expert witness. She examines various legal theories of causation, primarily in the context of product liability and toxic tort, and addresses epidemiological principles and methods used in the process of causal inference.

    Loue also focuses on legal mechanisms used to assess causation. Her concern here is with depositions and testimony and the preparation of epidemiology experts. She concludes her study by comparing the legal and epidemiological concepts of causation, using actual legal cases as examples.

    Throughout the text, Loue incorporates excerpts from depositions, interrogatories, and trial testimony to provide concrete examples. She also sets up an appendix to provide nonattorney readers with an overview of the legal system. Ultimately, her goal is to foster a greater understanding between law and epidemiology.

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    Hardcover: 616 pages
    Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (May 4, 2005)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0122199510
    ISBN-13: 978-0122199516.

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    Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice is an extensively illustrated reference book that contains more than 1800 color photographs accompanied by well-considered text that thoroughly explains representative topics, and also provides abundant, up-to-date references for further reading. This well-written volume uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. It will benefit not only the experienced forensic pathologist, but also the hospital pathologist who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies. Doctors in training and those law enforcement officials investigating the broad spectrum of sudden, unexpected and violent deaths that may fall within the jurisdiction of medicolegal death investigators will also find this an invaluable resource.

    * Large, colorful photographs which beautifully illustrate the concepts outlined in the text.
    * Sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death.
    * ‘Do and Don’t’ sections at the end of each chapter which provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined within preceding sections.

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    ]]>     http://booksfever.com/forensic-pathology-principles-and-practice/feed 0     Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification (Forensic Science Techniques) http://booksfever.com/explosives-and-chemical-weapons-identification-forensic-science-techniques http://booksfever.com/explosives-and-chemical-weapons-identification-forensic-science-techniques#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:05:58 +0000 admin http://booksfever.com/?p=15994 Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification (Forensic Science Techniques)

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    Paperback: 288 pages
    Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (October 31, 2005)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0849333385
    ISBN-13: 978-0849333385.

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    Chemicalsare a part of daily life and can be found all around us. Many common chemicals when mixed improperly – whether intentionally or not – can pose serious consequences to those who come in contact with them. Written by an author who is an experiencedhazmat-qualifiedfirst responder,forensicspecialist, and educator, Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification provides the means to quickly identify the type of explosive or chemical weapon at hand upon arriving at the scene.

    A thorough and accessible reference, this book contains the identification capabilities for 468 different formulations for explosives and chemical weapons. It presents detailed descriptions for each of these formulations by breaking down their materials into five concise categories: common name, synonym, class, ingredients, and use. The materials are also indexed by common name, class, and ingredient.

    A handy reference packed with critical information and over 350 illustrations and photographs to aid in visual identification, Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification is an essential resource that every first responder and forensic professional must have within reach every time.

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