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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"
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