Since the 1990s, there have been major developments in the practice of forensic medicine and this handbook was developed to elucidate the clinical aspects of forensic medicine. Important chapters cover topics from the fundamental principles regarding consent, confidentiality and court reports, followed by detailed descriptions of major issues in forensic practice including the forensic assessment of complainants and suspects of sexual assaults; the description and recording of injuries; the avoidance of death in police custody and the assessment of fitness for detention; custodial...

Margaret Stark and a team of authoritative experts offer a timely survey of the fundamental principles and latest developments in clinical forensic medicine. Topics range from sexual assault examination to injury interpretation, from nonaccidental injury in children, to crowd control agents. Also included are extensive discussions of the care of detainees, the management of substance abuse detainees in custody, the causes and prevention of deaths in custody, and the fundamentals of traffic medicine. In the absence of international standards of training, the authors also address the basic...