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Wigmore on Alcohol: Courtroom Alcohol Toxicology for the Medicolegal Professional
Contributor(s): Wigmore, James G. (Author)
ISBN: 1552212297     ISBN-13: 9781552212295
Publisher: Irwin Law
OUR PRICE:   $99.00  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Forensic Science
- Medical | Pain Medicine
- Law | Criminal Law - General
Dewey: 615.782
Physical Information: 561 pages
 
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Wigmore on Alcohol is an indispensable tool for medical and legal practitioners looking for up-to-date scientific evidence related to blood alcohol. The author, James G. Wigmore, is a forensic alcohol toxicologist who has testified in over 600 criminal trials at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as in civil and coroner cases, and has published more than 50 articles in the field of forensic alcohol toxicology. Wigmore has developed the definitive sourcebook on courtroom alcohol toxicology for the medicolegal professional. The book is an exhaustive survey of the scientific literature dealing with blood alcohol. The book abstracts over 650 articles from the periodical literature around the world and presents the information in a clear and systematic format which is easily accessible by both experts and lay persons.

Contributor Bio(s): Wigmore, James G.: - James G. Wigmore worked as a forensic toxicologist for over twenty-nine years at one of the foremost forensic laboratories in North America -- the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto, Ontario. He has testified in over 700 criminal cases throughout Canada and in numerous personal injury civil cases and coroner's inquests. He has published over seventy scientific articles in forensic toxicology, which have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada (R v St Onge-Lamoreux, 2012) and the High Court in Cape Town, South Africa (S vs Hendricks, 2013). In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Derome Award from the Canadian Society of Forensic Science in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of forensic sciences. From 2004 to 2012, he taught at the Robert F. Borkenstein Course at Indiana University in Bloomington. Wigmore on Cannabis is his third book published with Irwin Law.