Research in forensic neurotraumatology

Over the past 100 years forensic research in neurotraumatology was focusing on the genesis, e.g. biomechanis, and the origin of epidural, subdural, subarachnoidal, intracerebral and brain stem haemorrhage, particularly under aspects to enable the differential diagnosis of bleeding due to non-traumatic diseases. Moreover the estimation of the age of brain injuries has important criminological implications (survival time following traumatic forces to the head, alibi etc.). Beside these main fields of research, aspects of expertise in special areas such as head trauma due to child abuse, capability to act despite severe brain injuries and research on cervical trauma are reviewed.