It is the aim of the International Journal of Legal Medicine to improve the scientific armamentarium necessary for the elucidation of crime and for related forensic applications at a high level of evidential proof.
The International Journal of Legal Medicine is a regular source of essential information in the areas of:
Forensic pathology, including sudden death, thanatology, and demonstration of vital reactions
Clinical forensic pathology, including such topics as non-accidental injury and rape
Forensic haemogenetics, with special emphasis on the recent advances in DNA technology and PCR
Forensic toxicology, as it relates for example to alcohol and drug addiction, and recent technology
Traffic medicine, with special reference to reconstruction, causal connections, and medical complications