Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault of Adolescents
Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault of Adolescents V. Jill Kempthorne In the past several decades, it has become apparent that sexual victimization is widespread both in the United States and…
Forensic Aspects of Motor Vehicle Trauma
Forensic Aspects of Motor Vehicle Trauma William S. Smock Motor-vehicle–related trauma claimed 42,636 lives and injured more than 2.7 million people in the United States in 2004 (1). The majority…
Child Sexual Assault: The Acute Assessment
Child Sexual Assault: The Acute Assessment Mary-Theresa L. Baker A child who has been sexually assaulted requires examination by the most competent medical provider available in an appropriately timely manner….
Forensic Emergency Medicine: Penetrating Trauma
Forensic Emergency Medicine: Penetrating Trauma William S. Smock Forensic emergency medicine is the application of forensic medical knowledge and appropriate techniques to living patients in the emergency department. Patients with…
Interviewing Techniques
Interviewing Techniques Peggy L. Johnson John S. O’Brien II Forensic Medical Interviewing Medical interviewing serves as the cornerstone for the performance of medical evaluations and the formulation of treatment plans….
The Victims of Violence
The Victims of Violence Carroll Ann Ellis There is not a day that goes by that I do not see the evil face of violence that destroyed the me that…
Perpetrators
Perpetrators John E. Douglas Mark Olshaker Where Do We Begin? Early in the 1980s, when one of the authors (JED) was conducting in-depth interviews with incarcerated serial offenders that would…
