Child Abuse Pocket Atlas Series, Volume 5

Child Fatality and Neglect
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-936590-62-9
Verlag: STM Learning

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 659 g

Reihe: Child Abuse Pocket Atlas Series

This new pocket atlas, part 5 of an ongoing series on child abuse, is designed specifically for professionals involved in the investigation of child death, both intentional and unintentional. Readers in law enforcement, medicine, and other readers professionally involved in child death investigation will find this convenient resource essential to their work in the field.

Over 600 full-color crime scene photos, reenactments, and photos taken in postmortem examinations and corresponding case studies written by expert investigators illustrate a variety of abusive and accidental causes of death, including neglect, burning, drowning, natural causes, and shaken baby syndrome. This text is a vital tool for any and all members of the child fatality review team, who will benefit both from its comprehensive content and from its convenient and accessible design.

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Über Autor(innen)

Randell Alexander, MD, PhD is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida, USA and the Morehouse School of Medicine and has served on several state child death review committees. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country.