Citation

Bernitz H, van Niekerk PJ. SADJ 2003; 58(1): 16-19.

Affiliation

Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 1266, Pretoria 0001, Gauteng, South Africa. bernitz@iafrica.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, South African Dental Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12705100

Abstract

In recent years, several bite mark cases referred to our department could not be adequately analysed due to poor evidence collection. This has highlighted the fact that police officers, forensic pathologists and dental practitioners do not have access to the information required to collect, record, duplicate, store and transport the relevant evidence correctly. This article highlights several case studies in which evidence collection was bungled. A protocol is proposed that should eliminate this problem.

Language: en