Unit LEGAL MEDICINE
- Course
- Investigation and security sciences
- Study-unit Code
- GP004302
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Marina Dobosz
- Teachers
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- Marina Dobosz
- Hours
- 36 ore - Marina Dobosz
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- MED/43
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course offers an overview of the fields of application of Legal Medicine, with particular attention to certain aspects.
The first part is devoted to the analysis of the crime scene, the role and importance of the legal practitioner in the phase of judicial review. Following are the applications of Forensic Tanatology to examine the victim:
- determination of the age of death;
- determining the vitality and / or post-mortality of injuries;
- compatibility between injuries and weapons used;
- identification of the victim.
In this context, principles of Forensic Entomology and Botany are provided as disciplines recently incorporated in forensic investigations. - Reference texts
- M.Dobosz, Principi di medicina legale e biologia forense nelle scienze per l'investigazione e la sicurezza, Aracne, Roma, 2013.
M. Dobosz, R. Federici, Sindrome del costruito, spazi pubblici e luoghi di lavoro fra salute e società, Meltemi, Roma, 2016. - Educational objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide the student with the basic knowledge for the proper conduct of any professional activity (on civil and criminal liability), with particular attention to investigations and safety in the workplace.
- Prerequisites
- In order to understand most of the topics discussed in the course, the student must have basic knowledge in the field of biology and mathematics.
This prerequisite is valid for attending and non-attending students - Teaching methods
- Lessons with slides.
Seminars on specific topics with experts - Other information
- Frequency required
- Learning verification modality
- Written examination with both multiple choice/open-ended questions. Aestimated time is 60'.
Oral examination and specific exams are foreseen for students with specific problems (DSA or other). - Extended program
- 1. Introduction to discipline
2. Crime Scene Analysis
3. Personal identification: generality
4. Principles of Forensic Tanatology:
Body Exam: determination of the age of death
Determination of the vitality and / or postmortality of lesions
Compatibility between injuries and weapons used
5. Bleeding pathology
6. White Weapon Injury
7. Firearm injuries
8. Damage to the person
9. Accidents at work and occupational diseases
7. Legal medicine and prison