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ADJ 220 - Investigation of Death and Bodily Injury
A course directed to medicolegal investigation of death under a variety of circumstances and applicable tort action. Upon successful completion of this program students should be able to:
- Provide a forensic definition of death.
- Differentiate among cause manner and mechanism of death.
- Discuss the law generally with respect to trauma and disease in civil, tort and worker's compensation cases.
- List the four major categories of death due to asphyxia.
- Describe the differences and similarities in the investigation of death by asphyxia and death by drowning.
- Provide a correlation of postmortem finds with roadside accidents in explaining causes of death and/or the accident.
- Explain why it is necessary to identify and separate various types of lesions.
- List and explain some general procedures to be followed during an autopsy.
- Identify the various aspects and reasoning of the medicolegal autopsy report.
3 hours each week 3 credits