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Alternate Light Source, Part 2
February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Last spring, I published a piece examining alternate light sources as a tool for semen and other bodily fluid detection. I promised I would come back with a piece on using ALS to identify and photograph injury not obvious or visible to the naked eye. Coincidentally I’ve been asked for some predicate questions by a prosecutor on this very issue, so in the spirit of bang for buck and all that, here you go:
Not surprisingly, there isn’t a ton in the literature on this subject. I am including several links here, but unfortunately, they’re not all full-text. Some of these links don’t provide a guide for using ALS, so much as they support the use of ALS in the context of a broader approach to identifying injury.
Advances in Clinical Forensic Medicine
Experience With Wood Lamp Illumination and Digital Photography in the Documentation of Bruises on Human Skin (full text)
Forensic Photography. Ultraviolet Imaging of Wounds on Skin
Forensic Ultraviolet Light in Clinical Practice: Evidence for the Evidence (full-text)
Marked Women (full-text)
Routine use of ultraviolet light in medicolegal examinations to evaluate stains and skin trauma
The Police Report Says He Choked Her–How Do I Prove It? (full text)
Bite wound viewed under ultraviolet light (Photo: Color Atlas of Domestic Violence)
Related posts:
- Alternate Light Sources: Part 1
- New Clinical Guide: Photography
- Clinical Guide: Toluidine Blue Dye
- Articles of Note: November Edition
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