Autor/-in: Reinhard Dettmeyer

Professor Reinhard Dettmeyer was Head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, up to 2024. Professor Dettmeyer is qualified in both general pathology and forensic pathology, and studied medicine at the University of Düsseldorf and jurisprudence at the Ruhr University, Bochum. He has written many journal articles on forensic pathology and is co-author of several German language books on child abuse, forensic medicine, and medicolegal issues; in addition, he acted as scientific editor for Volume 2 of the comprehensive Handbuch Gerichtliche Medizin. (Handbook of Forensic Medicine). He also is co-author of the book “Forensic Medicine - Fundamentals and Perspectives”, published by Springer in 2014.