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proud to offer Bitemark Evidence by Robert B.J. Dorion.
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Illustrates the wide spectrum of factors involved
in bitemark dynamics with an abundance of case studies
Contains detailed sections on standard and digital photography,
scanning electron microscopy, and biter profiling.
•Identifies discrepancies in the literature on the timing
of bruises, as well as pinpoints challenges in the evaluation
of bruising evidence
•Describes bitemark comparison including 3-dimensional pattern
analysis, direct and indirect methods, and strategies in
computer-aided visualization
•Addresses contamination issues related to personnel, autopsy
protocol, instrumentation, to the bitemark, bitemark impression,
dental impressions and the respective casts
•Includes examples outlining DNA analysis, saliva swabbing
and recovery, transportation and storage issues
•Offers an authoritative discussion of fatal and nonfatal
human and animal bites including the significance of pattern
distribution, excision, lifting, preservation, transillumination,
storage, transportation, analysis, comparison and lessons
from autopsy failures
The first stand-alone textbook on the subject, this illuminating
reference compiles the expertise and recommendations of a team
of 21 eminent specialists from the disciplines of forensic
odontology, DNA analysis, pathology, and jurisprudence. It
is generously illustrated with more than 543 black and white
photographs and 32 full-color pages that serve to illustrate
the many facets of bitemark recognition, diagnosis, handling,
excision, lifting, transillumination, storage, preservation,
transportation, analysis, and comparison.
Thirty comprehensive chapters illustrate animal and human
bitemarks on the living, the deceased, and on objects-incorporating
sections on the history of bitemark evidence, salivary DNA,
genotypic comparison of oral bacteria, legal and courtroom
implications, and expert witness liability
Hardcover
680 pages
7.25" x 10.25"
retail $129.95
Our Price $103.95
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