Although forensic medicine has been in existence for centuries inone guise or another, it is only with the recent growth ininternational research that it has begun to be acknowledged as aspecific discipline in its own right. Many areas of progress arebeing made and this text aims to provide a unique, in-depth andcritical update on selected topics that are of direct relevance tothose practicing in the field including lawyers, police, medicaland dental practitioners, forensic scientists andpostgraduate/undergraduate medical students and undergraduate lawstudents preparing for forensic medicine examinations.This volume is designed to cover the wider aspects of forensicmedicine, including the law, science, medicine (forensic pathology,clinical forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry) and dentistry.Topics covered include subjects of debate and/or uncertainty inareas where significant advances have been made and in those ofcurrent relevance to the forensic profession, Chapters provide avariety of approaches to the areas under discussion with reviews ofcurrent knowledge, information on significant changes and pointersto the future that the reader should be aware of.Features:* An authoritative review, for forensic medicine practitionersthroughout the world, from leading international experts in thefield.* Provides critical commentary and updates on currentpractice.* Topics include: a guide to the presentation of forensic medicalevidence, bioterrorism, the paediatric hymen, assessment andinterpretation of bone trauma in children, adult sexual assault,genital photography, forensic photography, common errors in injuryinterpretation, self-inflicted injuries and associatedpsychological profiles, bite marks and the role of the pathologistin aviation disasters.* Includes a wealth of four colour figures to illustrate keypoints discussed within the text.