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Forensic odontology : principles and practice /

Forensic Odontology: Principles and Practice details the aspects necessary to become an accomplished forensic odontologist, including an illustration of the skills necessary to become an expert witness. The book is ideal for both the experienced and novice forensic odontologist, covering many fields...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: David, Thomas J. (Editor), Lewis, Jim (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Academic Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Dental jurisprudence.
Forensic Dentistry
Odontologie médico-légale.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Dental jurisprudence
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY
  • FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Biographies
  • Foreword
  • 1
  • Forensic Sciences and Forensic Identification
  • A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE
  • A PROSECUTION PERSPECTIVE
  • A DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE
  • Forensic Science Is Infallible
  • Forensic Science Is Impartial
  • CONCLUSION
  • 2
  • History and Scope of Forensic Odontology
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HISTORY
  • SCOPE
  • References
  • 3
  • Dental Identification & Radiographic Pitfalls
  • INTRODUCTION
  • For Deceased Persons
  • For the Living Amnesiac
  • SCIENTIFIC METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION
  • TECHNIQUES OF HUMAN IDENTIFICATION
  • Visual
  • Ridgeology (Fingerprints)
  • Anthropology/Radiology
  • DNA
  • Dental
  • COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF POSTMORTEM DENTAL EVIDENCE
  • Examination Procedures
  • Access the Oral Cavity
  • Viewable Remains
  • Nonviewable Remains
  • Surgical Exposure for Access to Oral Cavity
  • Photography
  • Photographic Views
  • Dental Radiographs
  • The Postmortem Dental Record
  • Dental Examination
  • Numbering Systems, Narrative Descriptors, and Nomenclature
  • Three-Dimensional Models
  • Collection and Preservation of Antemortem Dental Evidence
  • TYPES OF ANTEMORTEM INFORMATION
  • Antemortem Radiographs
  • Panoramic Radiographs
  • Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)
  • Medical Radiographs
  • Preservation of Antemortem Dental Evidence
  • RATIONALE FOR COMPARISON
  • Comparison
  • Additional Comparison Techniques
  • Direction of Change
  • Categories and Terminology for Body Identification
  • Positive Identification
  • Possible Identification
  • Insufficient Evidence
  • Exclusion
  • REPORT WRITING
  • TESTIFYING IN COURT IN A FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION CASE
  • FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY SOFTWARE
  • Currently Used Software Packages
  • WinID3.
  • Unified Victim Identification System/UVIS Dental Identification Module
  • Disaster Victim Identification System International
  • OdontoSearch 3.0
  • MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS DATABASES
  • NamUs
  • NCIC
  • Others
  • CONCLUSION
  • MOST COMMON PITFALLS IN FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY RADIOGRAPHY PRACTICES
  • Spatial Orientation of the Image/Projection Geometry
  • MANUFACTURER'S INDICATORS OF DETERMINING LEFT AND RIGHT
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION WHEN USING DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS
  • Reference
  • Further Reading
  • 4
  • Forensic Dental Photography
  • INTRODUCTION
  • UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • How a Digital Camera Works
  • Optical Physics
  • Physics of Image Formation
  • Lenses
  • Types of Lenses
  • Perspective Distortion
  • Depth of Field
  • Sensors
  • Exposure Control
  • Macro (Close-Up) Photography
  • Macro Photography Issues
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Four Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on an Object
  • VISIBLE LIGHT (CONVENTIONAL) PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Visible Light Photography Protocol (General Remarks)
  • GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE IN IDENTIFICATION CASES
  • GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF PATTERNED INJURIES
  • GUIDELINES FOR COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE ON SUSPECTS
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION IN ABUSE CASES
  • Alternate Light Imaging
  • Uses of Alternate Light Imaging
  • AL CASE PRESENTATION
  • Infrared Photography
  • Making Infrared Images
  • Results
  • False Negatives
  • False Positives
  • Interpretation of the Infrared Image
  • CASE PRESENTATION 1
  • CASE PRESENTATION 2
  • CASE PRESENTATION 3
  • Nonvisible Light Photography: Ultraviolet Technique
  • Uses for Ultraviolet Photography
  • CASE PRESENTATION 4
  • CASE PRESENTATION 5
  • CASE PRESENTATION 6
  • References
  • 5
  • Disaster Victim Identification
  • DEFINITIONS AND TYPES OF DISASTERS.
  • RESPONSE TO A MULTIPLE FATALITY INCIDENT
  • FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FOR DISASTER RESPONSE
  • EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
  • EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTION 8
  • DISASTER SITE MANAGEMENT
  • Notification and Assessment by Medical Examiners and Coroners
  • Morgue Location
  • Search and Recovery
  • Security and Safety
  • Establishing a DVI Morgue Operation (DMORT Model)
  • COMPONENTS OF MORTUARY OPERATIONS
  • Decontamination
  • Reception/Registration
  • Fingerprint
  • Radiography
  • Pathology/Autopsy
  • Anthropology
  • Dental
  • DNA
  • Embalming/Casketing
  • Body Storage
  • Clerical or Information Resource Center
  • PROTOCOL FOR A LOCAL OR STATE DVI DENTAL SECTION
  • FORMATION OF A DENTAL IDENTIFICATION TEAM
  • DENTAL SECTION TEAM LEADER
  • POSTMORTEM DENTAL SECTION
  • ANTEMORTEM DENTAL SECTION
  • DENTAL COMPARISON SECTION
  • DENTAL EXAMINATION SUPPLIES
  • MORGUE SHIFTS
  • PORTABLE DENTAL X-RAY GENERATOR
  • DIGITAL DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY SENSORS
  • COMPUTER-ASSISTED DENTAL IDENTIFICATION SOFTWARE
  • WinID3
  • DVI System International
  • Unified Victim Identification System/ UVIS Dental Identification Module
  • TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN DENTAL IDENTIFICATION/FLIGHT 3407
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 6
  • Missing and Unidentified Persons
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Law Enforcement Agencies
  • Medical Examiners and Coroners
  • Natural Disasters, Man-Made Disasters, and Armed Conflict
  • Family and Friends
  • Partial List of Public and Private Agencies to Assist Missing Persons Reports
  • Missing Persons Checklist
  • Forensic Odontology
  • National and International Databases
  • Case Study #1
  • Case Study #2
  • SUMMARY
  • References
  • 7
  • Domestic Violence
  • ADULT AND ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RECORDS
  • VIOLENT BEHAVIORS
  • INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
  • PHYSICAL INJURIES DURING ADOLESCENT/TEENAGE DATING RELATIONSHIP.
  • SPOUSE ABUSE (INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE)
  • ABUSE DURING PREGNANCY
  • ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT
  • TECHNIQUES FOR RECORDING EVIDENCE OF TRAUMATIC INJURIES
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHILD ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT
  • EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • RECOGNIZING ABUSE AND NEGLECT
  • PHYSICAL ABUSE
  • ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA
  • NEGLECT
  • SEXUAL ABUSE
  • TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT ABUSE
  • MANDATED REPORTING
  • CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERS
  • CONCLUSION
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 8
  • Assessment of Dental Age
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INFANT/CHILD TECHNIQUES
  • ADOLESCENT TECHNIQUES
  • ADULT TECHNIQUES
  • BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES
  • GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
  • Forensic Dental Age Assessment Guidelines
  • Forensic Dental Age Assessment Standards
  • References
  • 9
  • Patterned Injury Analysis and Bitemark Comparison
  • HISTORY OF BITEMARK EVIDENCE
  • Early Reports Concerning Biting and Bitemark
  • 20th-Century Reports of Bitemark Evidence
  • Admissibility of Bitemark Evidence
  • Exonerations Involving the Use of Bitemark Evidence
  • BITEMARK CASES OF NOTE
  • Doyle v State, 1954, 159 Tex. C.R. 310, 263 S.W. 2d 779
  • Fredrik Fasting Torgersen (Norway), 1958
  • Crown v. Hay (Scotland), 1967
  • People v. Johnson, 1972, 8 Ill. App.3d 457, 289 N.E.2d 772
  • People v. Marx, 1975, 54 Cal. App.3d 100, 126 Cal. Rptr. 350
  • People v. Milone, 1976, 43 Ill. App.3d 385, 356 N.E.2d 531
  • Bundy v. State, 1984, 455 So.2d 330 (Fla. 1984), 349
  • Stewart v. Florida, 1982, 420 So.2d 862
  • RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF PATTERNED INJURY EVIDENCE
  • Introduction
  • Analysis of Patterned Injury Evidence
  • Comparison of Bitemark Evidence With Suspected Biters
  • Evidentiary Value of Bitemark Evidence
  • WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS INVOLVING BITEMARK EVIDENCE
  • IS PATTERNED INJURY ANALYSIS A SCIENCE?
  • MINIMIZING BIAS
  • Blinding
  • Independent Verification (Second Opinion)
  • Following Patterned Injury Analysis Methodology.
  • Conservative Opinion Statements
  • APPENDIX
  • References
  • Further Reading
  • 10
  • United States Jurisprudence
  • INTRODUCTION
  • SYSTEMS OF LAW
  • ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE AND EXPERTS
  • Glossary of Latin Legal Terms
  • 11
  • Expert Witness Guidelines & Testimony: Forensic Odontology Expertise Versus Expert Witness Expertise
  • Legal Precedents Versus Cutting Edge Technology
  • INTRODUCTION
  • EXPERT WITNESS SKILLS
  • Testimony
  • Court Testimony
  • TENETS AND TACTICS
  • TENETS
  • TACTICS
  • Strategic Responses
  • Language Choices
  • Summary
  • BASICS OF DIRECT TESTIMONY
  • NOTEWORTHY DIRECT TESTIMONY
  • DEPOSITION TESTIMONY
  • STRATEGIES
  • Reports
  • Report Writing Guidelines
  • CONTENT OF REPORTS
  • STRATEGIES ABOUT REPORTS
  • CAVEATS ABOUT REPORTS
  • DEFENDING YOUR REPORT
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Contents of a Curriculum Vita
  • Curriculum Vitae Caveats
  • Further Reading
  • 12
  • Expert Witness Liability: An Attorney's Perspective
  • An Insurance Risk Management Perspective
  • 13
  • Ethical Issues in Forensic Science & Forensic Odontology
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE SCRIPT
  • THE PLAYERS
  • Law Enforcement
  • Attorneys
  • Judges
  • Scientists
  • Medicodental Practitioners
  • Engineers
  • Experts
  • TOWARD CODES AND COMPLIANCE
  • The Need
  • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Lust Versus Chastity (Purity/Integrity) (Merriam-Webster)
  • Envy Versus Kindness (Benevolence/Mercy) (Merriam-Webster)
  • Greed Versus Charity (Philanthropy) (Merriam-Webster)
  • Sloth Versus Diligence (Merriam-Webster)
  • Gluttony Versus Temperance (Moderation) (Merriam-Webster)
  • Anger Versus Patience (Tolerance/Sufferance) (Merriam-Webster)
  • Pride Versus Humility (Merriam-Webster)
  • Conclusion
  • ETHICAL SCENARIOS
  • References
  • 14
  • Forensic Odontology Related Specialties
  • DNA
  • DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID HAS BEEN USED FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION FOR DECADES.