2. BITE MARK IDENTIFICATION:
Emotional/violent
Tooth marks=tool marks
no two sets alike
Tooth marks-front teeth upper/lowers
Forensic odontologists
Homicides:
-sexual
-battered child
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3. Collection:
-photographs (scene/ME)
-special attention to shape of wounds
DO NOT TOUCH
Saliva washings:
-distilled water/100 cotton
-periphery-inward
-separate swab
-air dry
-sterile test tube
-saliva swab from vic/other part of body (control)
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4. INTERPRETATION OF BITE-MARK EVIDENCE:
-forensic odontologist: (four factors)
1. Teeth of biter
2. Distortion
3. Mental state of biter
4. Portion of body bite inflicted
Prominent Patterns
-homosexual homicides-back/arms/shoulders/axillae
-heterosexual homicides-breasts/thighs
Battered children-abdomen/scrotum/buttocks-rapid, random and
enraged
Sexual-slow, sadistic=excellent detail
Bite-mark identification recognized by superior courts(several
jurisdiction)
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5. HYPNOSIS:
-altered state of consciousness
-focused attention
-heightened awareness/concentration.
-conscious mind subdued
-subconscious little more active
SHORTCOMINGS:
-people lie
-recollection colored by past experience
-confabulation-gaps filled w/imagined info
-independently corroborated
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6. POLYGRAPH: (lie detector)
-useful to investigation
-subjects-suspects/informants/witnesses
PSYCHICS:
-establish authenticity
-police not telling psychic/psychic telling police
-empirical research limited
-documentation of successes sufficient to merit consideration
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7. MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY:
-child abuse parent/caregiver simulates/causes medical
distress to gain attention, praise or sympathy.
-NY case 8 of 9 children killed
SIMULATION:
-fabricates history
PRODUCTION:
-intentional inducement of injury/create signs of illness.
-suffocation/medications
Provides psychological/emotional benefits: comforting,
nurturing, sympathy, power and control.
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8. Stalkers:
-intentionally/repeatedly
-follow/contacts/harass/intimidate
-threatens w/bodily harm or death
-obsessed
-usually male
-known to target
-PD limited by legal issues
-protection orders
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9. Psychopathic Personality Stalker:
-male/largest population
-abusive/dysfunctional/violence normal
-offender/mom-DV
-control freak
-male dominance
-hyper macho exterior
-hostility vs. women
-violent if woman separates
-psychological warfare
-back in control
10. Psychotic Personality Stalker:
-male/female
-obsessed/preoccupied
-systemized delusions
-diagnosable mental disorder
-delusional fixation w/target
-target stranger
-contact target
-erotomania:
-erotic delusion one loved by another
