The book encompasses the wide range of injury and assault cases requiring the collection of forensic evidence in preparation for a legal case. This includes different types of sexual assault and violence, child maltreatment, elder maltreatment, bullying, interpersonal violence, gunshot wounds, community violence, human trafficking, terrorist acts, and mass disasters. With supporting case scenarios, the book describes step-by-step how to collect evidence and the proper procedure for handing over evidence once it is collected. Also included are verbatim descriptions of actual experiences forensic nurses have had while testifying.

History of forensic nursing -- Medical examiner investigator -- Principles of evidence collection and preservation -- Providing testimony in forensic cases -- Trauma informed care : treating the whole person -- Sexual assault -- Military sexual trauma -- Campus sexual assault -- Interpersonal violence-- Child maltreatment Kristine Ruggiero -- Elder maltreatment -- Bullying -- Community violence -- Strangulation -- Human trafficking -- Gunshot wounds -- Acts of terrorism : healthcare in the age of modern terrorism -- Mass disasters.