The International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME) has over 95 years of experience in the presentation of educational seminars for the purpose of assisting coroners, medical examiners, and other forensic specialists in the performance of their duties. This commitment is enshrined i...
Coroners and Medical ExaminersIndiaMarriageTwenty suicide pacts (double suicides) from the Florida Dade County Medical Examiner's Office were identified. These data were compared using a standardized instrument to published suicide pact data from England, Japan, and Bangalore City, India. Results were...
developedcollaborativelybetweentheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)and10Internationalcenterssothatthemedicaltermsreportedbyphysicians,medicalexaminers,andcoronersondeathcertifi-catescanbegroupedtogetherforstatisticalpur-poses.TheUnitedStatesisrequiredtousetheICDfortheclassificationofdiseasesandinjuriesunderanagreementwithWHO.By...
“Child maltreatment, sometimes referred to as child abuse and neglect, includes all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, and exploitation that results in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, development or dignity. Within this broad definition, five su...
Although numerous types of analyses have already been proposed and tested for condom traces, forensic evidence considerations have not been fully studied yet. Considering the fact that sexual assaults without the detection of DNA are increasingly frequent, there is a definite medical and forensic need...