Commentary on: Page M, Taylor J, Blenkin M. Expert interpretation of bitemark injuries-a contemporary qualitative study. J Forensic Sci 2013;58(3):664-72

摘要

The title of this article encourages readers to anticipate information on the abilities of Australian forensic dental experts to determine whether or not a patterned injury is a bitemark. Unfortunately readers will be disappointed; instead they get a man-on-the-street style interview of Australian forensic odontologists who legitimately complain that they experience a scarcity of actual bitemark casework. This shortage is apparently due to a low incidence of crimes in Australia that include bitemark injuries. It is more likely that bitemark injuries exist down under in numbers similar to other countries but are either undetected or go unanalyzed.