Hasil Pencarian  ::  Simpan CSV :: Kembali

"Historical dental investigations -- Dental detectives -- The next level in victim identification : materials properties as an aid in victim identification -- Forensic dentistry investigation protocols -- Recognition, documentation, evidence collection, and interpretation of bitemark evidence -- Bitemarks in England and Wales -- Legal issues concerning bitemark evidence in the United States -- DNA for first responders : recognizing, collecting, and analyzing biological evidence related to dentistry -- Missing and unidentified persons : The National Crime Information Center Dental Enhancements -- The Disaster Victim Identification System : its general structure and the Swiss involvement -- Recognizing, documenting, and analyzing physical evidence in abuse cases -- Managing a mass fatality incident -- Identifying victims of 9/11 at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner City of New York -- Australasian and multinational disaster victim identification -- Photography and forensic dental evidence -- The use of digital imaging in human identification and crime scene analysis."

"Forensic odontology (dental forensics) can provide useful evidence in both criminal and civil cases, and therefore remains a part of the wider discipline of forensic science. As an example from the toolbox of forensic odontology, the practice and experience on bitemark analysis is reviewed here in brief. The principle of using visible bitemarks in crime victims or in other objects as evidence is fundamentally based on the observation that the detailed pattern of dental imprints tend to be practically unique for each individual. Therefore, finding such an imprint as a bitemark can bear a strong testimony that it was produced by the individual that has the matching dental pattern. However, the comparison of the observed bitemark and the suspected set of teeth will necessarily require human interpretation, and this is not infallible. Both technical challenges in the bitemarks and human errors in the interpretation are possible. To minimise such errors and to maximise the value of bitemark analysis, dedicated procedures and protocols have been developed, and the personnel taking care of the analysis need to be properly trained. In principle the action within the discipline should be conducted as in evidence-based dentristy, i.e. accepted procedures should have known error rates. Because of the involvement of human interpretation, even personal performance statistics may be required from legal expert statements. The requirements have been introduced largely due to cases where false convictions based on bitemark analysis have been overturned after DNA analysis."

"There is an increasing need for legal knowledge in the relationship between dentist and patient, as more and more often the dentist and the patient are meeting again in court. It is therefore advisable for the dentist to be familiar with the basics of law as it relates to dentistry, and especially the law of tort (including negligence and breach of duty of care). In addition, of course, dentists may be called upon to give evidence as impartial experts in legal cases. This book both explains in detail diverse aspects of the law relating to dentistry and examines key issues in forensic odontostomatology. A central aim is to enable the dentist to achieve a realistic assessment of the legal situation and to reduce uncertainties and liability risk. To this end, experts from across the world discuss the dental law in their own countries, covering both civil and criminal law and highlighting key aspects such as patient rights, insurance, and compensation. In the section on forensic odontostomatology, extensive guidance is provided on development of the dentition, clinical findings and documentation, personal identification, age estimation, and the nature and significance of bite, tooth, and lip marks. This book will be an interesting and helpful source of information for all who practice in the field of dentistry as well as forensic scientists, lawyers, investigative a330nd identification authorities, criminologists, prosecutors, insurance agents, and students."