Sudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza
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Biography Historical Article
[Anna Mikhaĭlovna Smyslova--the first Russian woman forensic medical expert].
This article describes in brief the life and the work of the first Russian female forensic medical expert, Anna Mikhailovna Smyslova, based on the analysis of the materials available from the Central State Historical Archive, Sankt-Peterburg, and a number of publications in the-prerevolutionary editions.
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This paper is devoted to the practical application of the medical criteria (MC) for the harm to health (HH) put into force on September 16, 2008. The authors undertook the analysis of procedures of forensic medical expertises for the estimation of the harm to health during the periods before and after putting MC into action (between 2007 and 2010). The results of this analysis were compared with the number of documented criminal actions that caused harm to health and the number of subjects convicted of such crimes. ⋯ It is concluded that putting into effect the new regulations and medical criteria did not result in a substantial change in the relative frequency of the serious and moderate harm to health. Nor did the law enforcement practice gives evidence of any change in the relationship between cases of moderate and serious harm to health and in the number of grave crimes causing the harm to health. The new medical criteria allowed to put in order and present in a structured fashion the data on the harm to health depending on the degree of its severity.
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This paper reports the main results of expert activities in the forensic biological departments of the Bureau of Forensic Medical Expertise of the Russian Federation for 2009. Analysis of expert data is supplemented by the comparison of the efficacy of the methods applied for the purpose of forensic medical studies. The information about the staff composition, material and technical support of the forensic biological departments is presented. A number of drawbacks have been revealed in the work of the forensic biological departments; recommendations are proposed for the improvement of their activities.
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Two cases of severe injuries to the head and the neck are reported. Both patients recovered after the traumas.