Book contents
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Book
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Prologue
- Section 2 Medicine
- Section 3 Science
- Chapter 10 The Swedish Systematic Literature Review on Suspected Traumatic Shaking (Shaken Baby Syndrome) and Its Aftermath
- Chapter 11 Interrogation and the Infanticide Suspect
- Chapter 12 Can Confession Substitute for Science in Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma?
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Bias in Medico-legal Judgments
- Chapter 14 Biomechanical Forensic Analysis of Shaking and Short-Fall Head Injury Mechanisms in Infants and Young Children
- Chapter 15 When Lack of Information Leads to Apparent Paradoxes and Wrong Conclusions
- Chapter 16 Epidemiology of Findings Claimed to Be Highly Specific for Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma, a Prerequisite to Improve Diagnosis of Child Abuse
- Chapter 17 Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Section 4 Law
- Section 5 International
- Section 6 Postface
- Appendix: Frequently Repeated Claims concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 14 - Biomechanical Forensic Analysis of Shaking and Short-Fall Head Injury Mechanisms in Infants and Young Children
from Section 3 - Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2023
Book contents
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- About This Book
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Prologue
- Section 2 Medicine
- Section 3 Science
- Chapter 10 The Swedish Systematic Literature Review on Suspected Traumatic Shaking (Shaken Baby Syndrome) and Its Aftermath
- Chapter 11 Interrogation and the Infanticide Suspect
- Chapter 12 Can Confession Substitute for Science in Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma?
- Chapter 13 Cognitive Bias in Medico-legal Judgments
- Chapter 14 Biomechanical Forensic Analysis of Shaking and Short-Fall Head Injury Mechanisms in Infants and Young Children
- Chapter 15 When Lack of Information Leads to Apparent Paradoxes and Wrong Conclusions
- Chapter 16 Epidemiology of Findings Claimed to Be Highly Specific for Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma, a Prerequisite to Improve Diagnosis of Child Abuse
- Chapter 17 Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Section 4 Law
- Section 5 International
- Section 6 Postface
- Appendix: Frequently Repeated Claims concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
This chapter presents an overview of biomechanical forensic analysis (BFA) of injury. Specifically, thefoundational principles of BFA are presented in the context of investigating and analyzing paediatric head injury mechanisms as they relate to two common scenarios encountered in the context of alleged child abuse: shaking and short falls. The chapter highlights the investigative evidence, experimental data, and medical findings upon which a biomechanical forensic analysis relies, and presents a case study and discussion of a short fall and shaking to highlight the evidence base for determining the reasonableness of each injury mechanism and the pitfalls often encountered when such injury mechanisms are considered in allegations of child abuse.
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- Shaken Baby SyndromeInvestigating the Abusive Head Trauma Controversy, pp. 218 - 235Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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