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MEDICAL DETECTIVES

NCJ Number
18092
Author(s)
P COOPER
Date Published
1973
Length
256 pages
Annotation
SEVERAL CASES OF SUSPICIOUS DEATH ARE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THE SCIENTIFIC MEANS USED TO INVESTIGATE THEM.
Abstract
THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE COVERED: BLOOD ANALYSIS, DETERMINATION OF THE TIME OF DEATH, POISONS, SUICIDE, PATERNITY SUITS, RAPE INVESTIGATION, DRUGS, SEXUAL ASPHYXIA, AND BATTERED BABIES. FOUR WELL-KNOWN MEDICAL EXAMINERS ARE MENTIONED ALONG WITH SOME OF THEIR MORE INTERESTING CASES.