Jay D. Dix, Michael Graham, Randy Hanzlick

Investigation of Road Traffic Fatalities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This atlas covers the issues that face medical examiners and coroners in determining the nature and extent of road traffic fatality injuries as well as the cause, manner, and circumstances of death. It covers everything from "typical road traffic fatality injuries" to "injuries caused by safety/restraint devices" and "autopsy and toxicology testing."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press / Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 192g
• ISBN-13: 9780849323683
• ISBN-10: 0849323681
• Artikelnr.: 21271757

Autorenporträt

Jay Dix, M.D. is Medical Examiner for Boone County, Missouri, and Associate Professor of Pathology/Chief of Forensic Pathology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia. Michael Graham, M.D. is the Chief Medical Examiner for the City of St. Louis, Missouri; Professor of Pathology at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center; and Co-Director of its Division of Forensic Pathology. Randy Hanzlick, M.D. is Chief Medical Examiner for Fulton County, Georgia; Associate Professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; and Forensic Pathologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Road Traffic Fatalities; Cause
Manner and Circumstances of Death; RTF Investigation vs. RTF Reconstruction; Jurisdictional and Statutory Considerations
Who Usually Does What? Basic Caveats
General Classifications of RTFs
Common Questions to be Answered During RTF Investigations
Injuries Caused by SafetyIRestraint Devices
Basic Injury Mechanisms
Common but Critical Investigative Mistakes
Factors that Raise Suspicion of Suicide
Typical RTF Injuries
Artifactual Injuries
Preparing to Investigate
Initial Procedures at the Scene
Primary Investigative Tasks
Overall Goals of the Investigation
The Autopsy and Toxicology Testing