| 目錄 |
| | List of contributors, | vii |
| 1. | Introduction, | 1 |
| 2. | Atypical gunshot and blunt force injuries: wounds along the biomechanical continuum, / Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater | 7 |
| 3. | Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death, / Brian F. Spatola | 27 |
| 4. | Skeletal injuries in cases of child abuse: two case studies from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, / Eug©♭nia Cunha, Steven Symes, Jo©Đo Pinheiro | 42 |
| 5. | Blunt force trauma patterns in the human skull and thorax: a case study from northern California, / Jason M. Wiersema, Jennifer C. Love | 56 |
| 6. | Patterns of skeletal trauma inflicted during the Spanish Civil War, / Eric J. Bartelink | 74 |
| 7. | Shot and beaten to death? Suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of postmortem water immersion, / Ciar©Łn Brewster, Marina Martinez de Pinillos Gonz©Łlez, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Jos©♭ Miguel Carretero Diaz | 90 |
| 8. | Man's best friend: a case study of ballistics trauma and animal scavenging, / Luis R.N. Coelho, Katerina S. Puentes, Hugo F.V. Cardoso | 108 |
| 9. | Skeletal evidence of violent sexual assault in remains with excessive evidence of scavenging, / Gina Hart | 118 |
| 10. | Neurocranial fractures, / Hugh E. Berryman, Tiffany B. Saul | 130 |
| 11. | Blunt force trauma associated with a fall from heights, / Jennifer C. Love | 147 |
| 12. | Low-velocity impact trauma: an illustrative selection of cases from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command [—] Central Identification Laboratory, / Maria Teresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant | 156 |
| 13. | Blast trauma, / Paul Emanovsky | 167 |
| 14. | Case studies in skeletal blast trauma, / Victoria A. Smith, Angi M. Christensen | 177 |
| 15. | Burned human remains in a double homicide: a forensic case in Cyprus, / Nikki A. Willits, Maria Teresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, Joseph T. Hefner | 189 |
| 16. | The utility of spatial analysis in the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in burned human remains, / Popi Th. Chrysostomou | 204 |
| 17. | Three modes of dismemberment: disarticulation around the joints, transection of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing, / Christopher W. Rainwater, Christina L. Fojas, Luis L. Cabo, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Katerina S. Puentes, Steven A. Symes | 222 |
| 18. | Kreischer Mansion homicide, / Christopher W. Rainwater | 246 |
| 19. | Postmortem trauma and the "CSI Effect:" is television making smarter criminals?, / Bradley Adams, Lauren Regucci | 266 |
| | Index, / Elizabeth A. Murray, Anthony E. Dwyer | 289 |
