title: Role of bite mark characteristics and localizations in finding an assailant.
abstract: The location, size, and number of bite marks can be used as a beneficial indicator of the crime type and feasible group of suspects. This study aims to present information about the bite mark locations, the bite mark characteristics, and the perpetrator's profile based on three cases which were carried out by the same biter. The attack bites, which observed in all of the three cases, were characterized by serious wounds and tissue loss. Analysis of bite mark characteristics and bite mark localizations of these three cases by the relevant experts provided helpful information for the police units which searched for the assailant. But, in order to conduct criminal profiling from bite marks objectively, the number of case series is advised to be expanded.
authors.affiliation: The Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Afsin
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Beytullah
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karadayi
authors.affiliation: The Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sadi A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cagdir
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozaslan
keywords: Bite marks; bite mark characteristics; criminal profiling; forensic odontology; forensic science