Bernard Knight

"The fourth edition continues to be the definitive international resource for those in training and in practice, covering all aspects of the medico-legal autopsy, including the cause and time of death, interpretation of wounds and every other facet of the investigation of a fatality. The contents are intended to lead the pathologist - and in some countries, the non-pathologist - through the procedures needed in the examination of a body found under...

Providing an overview of the subject, this volume systematically evaluates the various techniques involved in estimating the time since death in the early post-mortem period. It is aimed at professionals involved in forensic work.