chapter 1 Forensic Nursing / chapter 2 Forensic Nursing Today / chapter 3 Forensic Nursing Education Guidelines and Qualifications / chapter 4 Educational Foundation for Forensic Nursing Practice / chapter 5 Forensic Science / chapter 6 Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Forensic Pathologists / chapter 7 Cause, Manner, and Mechanism of Death / chapter 8 Crime Scene Investigation / chapter 9 Forensic Nursing Crime Scene Investigation / chapter 10 Establishing Time of Death and Injury: Forensic Nursing Practice and Responsibility / chapter 11 Chain of Custody and Identification, Collection, and Preservation of Evidence: Major Concepts of Forensic Nursing / chapter 12 Significance of an Autopsy / chapter 13 The Nursing Process / chapter 14 Forensic Nursing and the Law / chapter 15 Forensic Nurse as an Expert Witness / chapter 16 The Perpetrator: A Victim and a Patient / chapter 17 Ethics and Forensic Nursing Practice / chapter 18 Psychosocial Aspects of Crime / chapter 19 Deaths in Nursing Homes / chapter 20 Excited Delirium Syndrome (EDS) / chapter 21 Blunt Force Injuries / chapter 22 Sharp Force Trauma / chapter 23 Gunshot Wounds / chapter 24 Asphyxia / chapter 25 Child Abuse / chapter 26 Sexual Assault / chapter 27 Intimate Partner Violence / chapter 28 Cyberspace Crimes against Children / chapter 29 Human Trafficking / chapter 30 Mass Disasters / chapter 31 Additional Violence in Society / chapter 32 Emergency Department Dos and Don’ts / chapter 33 Bridging the Gap between the Living and the Nonliving / chapter 34 Profiling / chapter 35 From Crime Scene to Morgue: The Field of Forensic Anthropology