In this new volume of the globally recognized Forensic Pathology Reviews, Dr. Michael Tsokos has gathered chapters from the top experts in the field to reveal both the applied and scientific areas of expertise along the broad spectrum of forensics studies. Volume 5 piques the mind as leading forensic pathologists from the United States and around the world offer advanced insight into death caused environmental conditions, trauma, neuropathology, natural causes, and ballistics. The authors of this volume further their exploration as they impart research related to identification, serial murder, histopathology, and age estimation. While unveiling unsurpassed and cutting-edge knowledge, Forensic Pathology Reviews, Volume 5 will also inspire emerging forensic scientists to immerse themselves in innovative research.
CONTENTS: Contents


Preface

Contributors


Part I Death from Environmental Conditions


Death Due to Hypothermia: Morphological findings, their pathogenesis and diagnostic value

Burkhard Madea, Michael Tsokos, and Johanna Preuß


Part II Trauma


Fatal Falls from Height

Elisabeth E. Türk


Understanding Craniofacial Blunt Force Injury: A biomechanical perspective

Jules Kieser, Kelly Whittle, Brittany Wong, J Neil Waddell, Ionut Ichim, Michael Swain, Michael Taylor, and Helen Nicholson



Electrocution and the Autopsy

Regula Wick and Roger W. Byard


Part III Forensic Neuropathology


Central Nervous System Alterations in Alcohol Abuse

Andreas Büttner and Serge Weis


The Medicolegal Evaluation of Excited Delirium

James R. Gill


Part IV Death from Natural Causes


Myocardial Bridging: Is it Really a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death?

Michael J. P. Biggs, Benjamin Swift, and Mary N. Sheppard


Nontraumatic Intramuscular Hemorrhages Associated with Death Caused by Internal

Diseases

Friedrich Schulz, Holger Lach, and Klaus Püschel


Part V Ballistics


Forensic Ballistics

Bernd Karger




Part VI Identification


Unique Characteristics at Autopsy that may be Useful in Identifying Human Remains

Ellie K. Simpson and Roger W. Byard


The Forensic and Cultural Implications of Tattooing

Glenda E. Cains and Roger W. Byard


Part VII Serial Murder


The Interaction, Roles, and Responsibilities of the FBI Profiler and the Forensic Pathologist

in the Investigation of Serial Murder

Tracey S. Corey, David T. Resch, and Mark A. Hilts


Part VIII Forensic Histopathology


Forensic Histopathology

Gilbert Lau and Siang Hui Lai


Part IX Forensic Age Estimation


Forensic Age Estimation of Live Adolescents and Young Adults

Andreas Schmeling, Walter Reisinger, Gunther Geserick, and Andreas Olze