Prestigious and authoritative, this fully updated fourteenth edition of Simpson's Forensic
Medicine remains a classic; one of the world's leading introductory texts in the field of …

Background Internationally, there is evidence of high rates of mental disorders amongst
police custody detainees but this literature is limited, and there has been little research into …

Background In the UK, police custody officers have a responsibility to screen for health
morbidity and vulnerability among detainees. This study aimed to develop an understanding …

Custody medicine Custody medicine J Forensic Leg Med. 2018 Jul;57:55-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2018.02.021.
Epub 2018 Feb 19. Authors Patrick Chariot 1 , Steffen Heide 2 Affiliations 1 Department of …

This book explores the controversial relationship between mental health and offending and
looks at the ways in which offenders with mental health problems are cared for, coerced and …

The term “forensic medicine” is now used to embrace all aspects of forensic work of a
medical nature. In the past, the term was often used interchangeably with “forensic …

The use of Tasers® by the police is subject to intense scrutiny and controversy. With
increasing numbers of police officers carrying Tasers, it is important that nurses in pre …

Background Increasing presentations to the Emergency Department (ED) via police (which
include detainees, prisoners and community residing persons) and the increase in chronic …

Paramedics working in forensic healthcare face a discourse between their advanced skill set
and a reduced and atypical paramedic scope of practice generating moral and ethical …

Aim This study investigated a police officer's situation awareness, when encountering a
potentially mentally disordered person. This underpinned the development of a cognitive aid …