Definition of Forensic Medicine

Perhaps due to various television shows, medicine forensic It is one of the best known branches of this science, the one that deals with determining elements and data related to the state of a body after it has suffered a situation that caused its death. Forensic medicine deals with working directly with the body and it is through this analysis that it can analyze not only the cause of death but also other various elements such as the approximate time in the fact that such an event took place, the elements that were used to cause the death, if the person offered endurance or not (in the case of a non-accidental death) and also possible traces that the murderer has left on the body or in the space in which the death took place.

Due to all the aforementioned, the importance of forensic medicine is crucial when it comes to solving different cases in which the death of a person occurs. On many occasions, forensic examination takes place to determine if the death was a

homicide or not, for example in cases where that is not clear. However, in many other cases, when it is confirmed that there is talk of a homicide, forensic medicine sets in motion to treat to obtain from the body in question the greatest amount of information that allows judges and prosecutors to find the culprit and imprison him.

In this sense, forensic medicine has a direct and very frequent connection with the field of jurisprudence, the law and the Justice and this is so because of the assertions, affirmations and guidelines that the forensic doctors establish is that the actions of legal professionals who will search for the accused or who will try to defend him in the event that an accused person is innocent.

Among the things that forensic medicine can observe, first of all we find fingerprints, remains of elements that carry DNA such as hair, nails, teeth, remains of skin, etc., traces of footprints or the presence of a person at the scene of the murder, damages and injuries to the body, as well as his direction and force, possible time of death of the person, missing or strange elements in the place of death, etc.

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