Skeletal Trauma - Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights Abuse Armed

Zusatztext 109956688 Informationen zum Autor Erin H. Kimmerle, Jose Pablo Baraybar Klappentext Written to assist in large-scale investigations of human rights violations, this seminal work describes the mechanisms of injuries, synthesizes variations in wounding patterns, and constructs an epidemiological framework for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting physical evidence for use at trial. It presents protocols for systemic data collection and methods for differential wound diagnosis. Contributions evaluate blasting injuries, blunt force trauma, skeletal evidence of torture, sharp force trauma, and gunfire injuries. Illustrated with more than 600 photographs, each chapter discusses wounding mechanisms, wound pathophysiology, relevant legal examples, and contributed case studies. Zusammenfassung Offers critical guidance and tools for clinicians, forensic scientists, investigators, and activists confronted with physical trauma in areas of violent conflict. This work underscores the importance of differential diagnosis based on types, number, and sequence of wounds and fractures. Inhaltsverzeichnis An Epidemiological Approach to Forensic Investigations of Violations to International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law. Differential Diagnosis of Skeletal Trauma. Blasting Injuries. Blunt Force Trauma. Skeletal Evidence of Torture. Sharp Force Trauma. Gunfire Injuries. Variation in Gunfire Wounds by Skeletal Region. References Cited. Index.

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• Authors: Jose Pablo Baraybar, José Pablo Baraybar, Jose Pablo (Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) Baraybar, Baraybar Jose Pablo, Erin H. Kimmerle, Erin H. (University of South Florida Kimmerle, Erin H./ Baraybar Kimmerle, Kimmerle Erin H.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2008
• EAN: 9780849392696
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-9269-6
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 265 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Forensic Science, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Forensic Science, Biology, life sciences