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Edited by Jason Payne-James, Roger W. Byard, Tracey S. Corey, and Carol Henderson. 2084 pp., plus index, in four volumes, illustrated. Oxford, England, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. $1095. ISBN 0-12-547970-0.

This impressive four-volume vade mecum (reference manual), which includes contributions from 279 authors from 21 countries, is both comprehensive and timely. It has arrived when forensic medicine and forensic science have been all but eliminated from the medical-school curriculum, even as the public's interest in such information has burgeoned. This interest has been stimulated by the magic of DNA and other new scientific techniques, the widely televised O.J. Simpson trial, the popular television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and the quest for appealing stories by 24-hour cable news channels.

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