428 index
saliva and oral mucosa as sources of,
120–125
teeth as sources of, 119–120
DNA Advisory Board, 113
DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005, 127
DNA genome
defined, 130
mitochondrial, 105–106
PCR amplification, 110
site, 6
DNA identification, as gold standard for
biological human identification, 5
DNA Identification Act (1994), 113, 126
Dog bite, 230
Dog tags, 82
Dolvin v. State, 393
Doyle v. State, 22, 307, 308–309, 365, 390,
391, 393, 411
Doyle v. Texas, 22
DPMUs. See Disaster-portable morgue units
(DPMUs)
Drake v. Portuondo, 419, 421
Drayton v. State, 420
Dross v. State, 420
Drug intoxication, 55
Drug-related death, 51, 55
DuBoise v. State, 413
DVI. See Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)
E
Earl of Shrewbury, 12
EARR. See External apical root resorption
(EARR)
EDS. See Energy dispersive spectroscopy
(EDS); Energy dispersive X-ray
spectroscopy (EDS)
Ege v. Yukins, 420
Elder abuse, 374–377
Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), 180
Equipment. See also specific types
camera, 204
digital photographic, 212
for mass disaster, 197, 255
performance, 113, 396
personal protective, 255
radiographic, 196–199
reliability, 113
upgrading, 228
validation of new, 113
Evidence
at autopsy, 313
bitemark, 54, 313
collection and analysis, 28
fingerprint vs., 8
salivary DNA in, 121–123
chain of, 237, 249, 258
collection
management of, 337–344
teams for, 117–118
crime scene, 126
processing of, 113
DNA, 117–118, 165–166
from forensic dental photography, 237,
241
of malpractice, 389
management, 395–404
approaching scene for, 396
conducting final survey in, 403–404
diagram or sketch, 399–401
evaluation process in, 398
initiating preliminary survey in,
397–398
narrative descriptions in, 398
photographic depicting of scene in,
399
preparing for, 396
recording and collecting in, 402–403
releasing scene in, 404
securing and protecting for, 396–397
recovery log, 403
relevant, 3
response teams, 396
rules of, 3, 385
Exhibits, 120
with fluorescence, 219
Exhumation, 148, 183
Exparte sues Dolvin, 393, 411
Expert testimony, 3, 29
Expert witness, 384–385, 409
in civil disputes, 4–5
defendants, 390
earliest account of dentist as, 13
qualified, 3
as subject of legal action, 332
workshop in testimony of, 332
External apical root resorption (EARR), 283F
Facial reconstruction, 21
Facial trauma, 61, 164, 369
from domestic abuse, 375
Family Assistance Act (1996), 248, 251