Sixth Cross Channel Conference on Forensic Medicine 1998
Proceedings of the Sixth Cross Channel Conference in Clinical Forensic Medicine Grand Harbour Hotel Southampton 14-16 May 1998 Edited: D r Guy A. Norfolk
T H U R S D A Y 14 M A Y - A F T E R N O O N Anti-terrorist m e a s u r e s in the U K
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Head of Clinical Forensic Medicine, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Australia Clinical forensic medicine has evolved into a specialized area within the wider field of forensic medical practice. Whilst there are formal academic programmes available to medical graduates entering the fields of forensic odontology, psychiatry and pathology, there are no such programmes in clinical forensic medicine in either Australia or the Asian Pacific region. This has been a concern of justice organizations and has operated to the detriment of clinical medico-legal services impeding the development of career pathways in the specialty. A Graduate Diploma (and, subsequently, a Masters) in forensic medicine will be offered by M o n a s h University, Melbourne in 1999. M o n a s h was the first, and remains the only, university in Australasia to establish a Department of Forensic Medicine. Its association with the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine it has been successful in the establishment of an academic environment for forensic services. The Graduate Diploma is aimed specifically at practitioners providing clinical services in Australia and overseas. The aims of the course are: 1. to establish academic standards in forensic medical practice
Commander Grieve
New Scotland Yard, London No abstract submitted 'Programming' children's m e m o r y
2. to produce graduates who have a sound knowledge of medico-legal principles 3. to develop practitioners' skills in providing clinical forensic services.
Dr Tony Baker
Baker and Duncan Child Care Consultants, Working, Surrey There are many problems associated with evaluating the statements of children when they are reporting an account of a controversial event. Child care experts have been telling us that children must be believed. When children are the only witness of a secret alleged crime, what steps need to be taken to ensure that they are not acting as the agents of another's malice, that they are not the fulcrum of a contest between family and statutory authorities? This paper will examine the evidence of reality distortion that can be manufactured in young children simply by repeated questioning. The implications of recent research into the confabulation capacity of young children will be addressed in terms of practice guidelines as model responses to the complex phenomenon of disclosure of abuse when children are eyewitnesses to events which are beyond their comprehension. We need to be able to take what children say seriously, but what can we do to satisfy ourselves and the courts that children are believable and truthful? L a w enforcement related injuries in L o s A n g e l e s
D r William Mallon MD, FACEP
Teaching (2 years part-time study) will be by distance education (through the Internet), tutorials and presentations (during a residential period), assignments and case studies. W h o is in the Urn?
Arthur D. Goldman D M D
Forensic Odontologist, New York, USA When a 37-year-old Hispanic female died of Aids, her body was cremated. Her father who is a Santeria priest (Caribbean Religion) sensed that the remains were not of his daughter. Examination revealed co-mingled remains. This discovery resulted in litigation and the question of the frequency of co-mingling in crematoria. KEYWORDS Santeria
retort, temperature, melting point,
F R I D A Y 15 M A Y - M O R N I N G S E S S I O N Serial murders in Nowra, Australia
Dr Bill Ryan* Professor Richard Walter**
*Police Surgeon, Nowra, Australia **Professor of' Forensic Psychology, Michigan, USA
Dept. of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern Cal~brnia Medical Centre, Los" Angeles
No abstract submitted
No abstract submitted
The mentally ill in custody - a user's perspective
A postgraduate p r o g r a m m e in clinical tbrensic medicine
Mr Fred Carney* Ms Janey Antoniou**
D r David Wells