Events on local, national, and international levels have highlighted the need for joint investigation and collaboration between public health and law enforcement. Domestic violence and partner homicide, intentional infection of individuals with HIV, and the anthrax attacks of 2001 are examples that underscore the need for forensic epidemiology in the investigation of criminal acts.
Forensic Epidemiology focuses specifically on the integration of the principles and methods of epidemiology with law enforcement functions in the administrative and criminal contexts. Ideal for students and professionals in public health, criminology, and law, this book challenges the reader to examine various policy questions and to contemplate their own values as scientists, legislators, policymakers, and individuals.
Features:
- Provides the reader with an overview of public health, administrative, and criminal law as well as the foundational concepts in the use of evidence in administrative and criminal proceedings.
- Case studies that examine the intersecting issues in the areas of communicable disease, mental health and substance use, partner violence, biological terrorism, and environmental concerns such as environmental tobacco smoke and exposure to television violence.
- Concludes with a look towards the future and suggestions for the training of professionals.
