Medical Jurisprudence: Forensics, Toxicology, Necrophilia and Graphology

Judicial system while punishing an offender needs corroboration in the form of evidence. Through the victim or else through medical evidence & forensics! It's the time when the dead body speaks!

- Yogesh V Navvar

Why the need of Medical Jurisprudence & Forensic Science?

Vendata and human psychology; being notions which instigate human to perpetrate and commit crime; thus causing harm and; significantly, the modern society today is facing crimes associated with human body, properties, toxins, fraud, and forgery.

The word jurisprudence derives from the Latin term juris prudentia, which means "the study, knowledge, or science of law."

The book covers fundamentals of Human anatomy, injuries, wounds and their classification, assaults on different parts of body and nature of injuries caused by knife, sword, rods arms & ammunitions. (Forensics of weapons and so as well the directions and dynamics of probability of injuiry whether can be caused by a weapon?) Medical Jurisprudence, Forensics, Necrophilia, Toxicology & Graphology - a specialized part of hand writing which helps in assessing human brain and tendencies, and analysis involving human behaviour.

Medico-legal aspects of harm, wounds and nature, assessment of injury, rape, asphyxia, throttling, drowning, burns, blast injuries, ballistics of fire-arms, poisons, DNA profiling, Age estimation of victims, unknown & unidentified bodies through Odontology, Bone test, Blood Mapping, Grouping, Identification, Case laws on medical evidence, expert witness, expert opinion, DNA, Handwriting specimen, Questioned documents, and forensics of associated subjects.

I hope the book shall be helpful to the Doctors, Investigating agencies & legal fraternity while contesting and representing matters before the Court of Law. Special emphasis has been given on the following topics:

• Forensics
• Toxicology
• Necrophilia
• Graphology
• Injuries
• Medica Expert - Opinion - Evidence
• Forensics
• DNA
• Hand-writing