Patologia forense: contribuição e influência em investigações criminais e na saúde pública

Abstract

Forensic pathology is the science presented as the main responsible for the best evaluation of the causes of death in several scenarios. This present academic work aims to identify the fundamental principles of forensic pathology and validate its contribution to obtain results in criminal investigations and public health issues. Posteriorly the literature review, supervised attendances were conducted at the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML). To catalog the data, a report containing the main information of a necropsy was prepared. The data obtained in each case were analyzed, giving greater emphasis to the variations observed in each necropsy procedure. It is important to highlight that when dealing with forensic pathology, it is based on the analysis of cadaveric phenomena and pathological findings, constituents of the necropsy practice, which are inserted in a broad approach to the action of forensic medicine on legal and public health issues. Therefore, the expressive role of the concepts of forensic pathology in the daily routine of autopsy practices, which elucidate doubts in the identification of causes of death and explain various mechanisms of diseases through specialized analyses that reflect the means that led to death, impacts in a valuable way both in criminal investigations and public health, as well as in the academic scenario.