Forensic Dentistry, Second Edition

426 index

CMOS. See Complementary meta-oxide
semiconductor (CMOS)
CODIS. See Combined DNA Index System
(CODIS)
Collman v. State, 418
Com. v. Spencer, 393
Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), 75,
126–127, 156, 157
Convicted Offender Index, 126
Forensic Index, 126–127
Quality Assurance Standards, 113
Commonwealth v. Alvarado, 416
Commonwealth v. Cifizzari, 413
Commonwealth v. Edwards, 414
Commonwealth v. Graves, 412
Commonwealth v. Henry, 414, 418
Commonwealth v. Jones, 414
Commonwealth v. Maltais, 412
Commonwealth v. Thomas, 414, 418
Complementary meta-oxide semiconductor
(CMOS), 216
Computed tomography (CT), 50
Computer(s), 172
for comparing dental radiographs, 178
digital fingerprint images, 85
genetic analyzer, 112
photography and, 216
security and, 250
software programs, 125
use in identification, 74
Computer-Assisted Postmortem
Identification (CAPMI), 125, 170,
258
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT),
196–198
duplication in, 199
imaging possibilities, 197, 198
of jaw fragments, 200
panoramic, 200
pitfalls and tips, 199
of skeletal and carbonized remains, 199
star artifacts, 197
victim identification and, 198, 199
Constitutional rights, 308, 380, 383, 391
Contamination
of DNA, 109, 122, 124–125
at mass disaster site, 250
Contract for services, 49
Contusion, 334
Convicted Offender Index, 126
Coroner(s)
medical examiners vs., 40

requirements for position of, 39

system

historical perspectives, 35–37

in England, 35–37

in Germany, 37

in Scotland, 37

shortcomings of, 40

organizational facets in common with

ME offices, 56

Cox v. State, 414

Cremains, 180, 183, 392

Crime scene, 123, 314, 327, 338, 396

DNA profiles recovered at, 126

evidence, 126

processing of, 113

grid, 250

latent prints at, 2

management, 249–251

material left at, 342

photograph, 211, 309, 317, 398

serological fluids left at, 219

Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS),

75

Criminal litigation, 29

Criminal Master File, 97

Criminal offenders, 126

Cristini, Michael, 325–326

Crown v. Hay, 309

Crowns, 147, 177, 182, 270

D

Dating, physical injuries during, 372

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 4,

384–385

Davasher v. State, 415

Davis v. State, 416

Death

ancient understanding of, 34

natural, 53

timing of, 149

trauma resulting in, 45, 50, 55

Death certificate, 43–44, 49, 62, 166, 254

Death certification, 42–49

cause of death, 45–47

manner of death, 47–49

rationale for, 44–45

requirements, 43

Death investigation, 31–34

historical perspectives

in ancient Egypt, 33

in ancient Greece, 32