Bitemark Evidence

Published:
November 01, 2004 by CRC Press - 680 Pages
Editor(s):
Robert B.J. Dorion, Director of Forensic Dentistry, Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Robert B.J. Dorion, Director of Forensic Dentistry, Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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ISBN 9780824754143
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Features

  • 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

    • Summary

    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.

    Editorial Reviews

    "…I would like to complement the authors for the breadth and depth of material included. The editor deserves special recognition for his efforts in making this book happen."
    -Journal of Forensic Sciences


    "This book is the first comprehensive text published on the topic of bitemarks and is a must for both the beginning odontologist and the experienced practitioner. It also provides information to others with an interest in bitemark evidence. I would like to complement the authors for the breadth and depth of material included. The editor deserves special recognition for his efforts in making this book happen."

    -Dr Homer R. Campbell,
    Past-President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
    Past-President of the American Board of Forensic Odontology
    Journal of Forensic Sciences, July 2005

    "Dr. Robert Dorion has compiled and edited an excellent reference on the subject of bitemarks in forensic science. …The technical information included is very complete and instructionally most informative. …This timely collection of edited articles, from over 20 respected contributors in the forensic field, is an excellent instructional and reference text for any health, judicial, or investigative discipline. The increasing necessity for a standard of excellence in the area of bitemark and pattern injury comparison is accomplished in this presentation. This is an academic, instructional, and reference text that should be of definite value to any serious practitioner in this field."
    -W. Ross Barlow, Dental Consultant, Dept. of Forensic Pathology, Hamilton General Hospital, Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal


    "…Dr. Dorion has performed an invaluable service in presenting the most up-to-date techniques of bitemark analysis in an intelligent and easily referenced manner. He has wisely chosen his contributors whose aggregate knowledge and experience represent the very backbone of this field."

    Arthur D. Goldman, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., D.A.B.F.O., Past President of the American Board of Odontology and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

    "This is one of the best texts on current bitemark science. It is well written with many fine color photos and illustrations. The clinical cases/reports are candid and parctical."
    --The Journal of the American Association of Forensic Dentists

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