1st Edition
Investigation of Road Traffic Fatalities An Atlas
Cause, Manner, and Circumstances of Death
RTF Investigation vs. RTF Reconstruction
Jurisdictional and Statutory Considerations
Who Usually Does What?
Basic Events
General Classifications of RTFs
Common Questions to be Answered During RTF Investigations
Injuries Caused by Safety/Restraint Devices
Basic Injury Mechanisms
Common but Critical Investigative Mistakes
Factors that Raise Suspicion for Suicide
Typical Road Traffic Fatality Injuries
Artifactual Injuries
Preparing to Investigate
Initial Procedures at the Scene
Primary Investigative Tasks
Overall Goals of the Investigation
The Autopsy and Toxicology Testing
PART II: ATLAS
Biography
Jay Dix, M.D. is Medical Examiner for Boone County, Missouri, and Associate Professor of Pathology/Chief of Forensic Pathology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia. Michael Graham, M.D. is the Chief Medical Examiner for the City of St. Louis, Missouri; Professor of Pathology at St. Louis University Health Sciences Center; and Co-Director of its Division of Forensic Pathology. Randy Hanzlick, M.D. is Chief Medical Examiner for Fulton County, Georgia; Associate Professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta; and Forensic Pathologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.
"…these volumes are appropriate for the target readership of death investigators, law enforcement officers, and attorneys…Physicians-in-training, in such specialties as Pathology, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery would benefit from careful reading of these books…I anticipate that the remaining volumes in this series will prove equally useful."
--Laurence R. Simson, Jr., MD,
Forensic Pathologist, Journal of Forensic Sciences
