Table of Contents
List of contributors vii
1 Introduction 1Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Christopher W. Rainwater
2 Atypical gunshot and blunt force injuries: wounds along the biomechanical continuum 7Brian F. Spatola
3 Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death 27João Pinheiro, Eugénia Cunha, and Steven Symes
4 Skeletal injuries in cases of child abuse: two case studies from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences 42Jason M. Wiersema and Jennifer C. Love
5 Blunt force trauma patterns in the human skull and thorax: a case study from northern California 56Eric J. Bartelink
6 Patterns of skeletal trauma inflicted during the Spanish Civil War 74Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Ciarán Brewster, Marina Martínez de Pinillos González, and José Miguel Carretero Díaz
7 Shot and beaten to death? Suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of post-mortem water immersion 90Hugo F.V. Cardoso, Katerina S. Puentes, and Luís F.N. Coelho
8 Man’s best friend: a case study of ballistics trauma and animal scavenging 108Gina Hart
9 Skeletal evidence of violent sexual assault in remains with excessive evidence of scavenging 118Hugh E. Berryman and Tiffany B. Saul
10 Neurocranial fractures 130Jennifer C. Love
11 Blunt force trauma associated with a fall from heights 147MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant
12 Low-velocity impact trauma: an illustrative selection of cases from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command – Central Identification Laboratory 156Paul Emanovsky
13 Blast trauma 167Angi M. Christensen and Victoria A. Smith
14 Case studies in skeletal blast trauma 177Nikki A. Willits, Joseph T. Hefner, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant
15 Burned human remains in a double homicide: a forensic case in Cyprus 189Popi Th. Chrysostomou
16 The utility of spatial analysis in the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in burned human remains 204Christina L. Fojas, Luis L. Cabo, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater, Katerina S. Puentes, and Steven A. Symes
17 Three modes of dismemberment: disarticulation around the joints, transection of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing 222Christopher W. Rainwater
18 Kreischer Mansion homicide 246Lauren Regucci and Bradley Adams
19 Postmortem trauma and the “CSI Effect:” is television making smarter criminals? 266Elizabeth A. Murray and Anthony E. Dwyer
Index 289