SAVREMENA MEDICINA U FUNKCIJI DOKAZIVANJA KRIVIČNIH DJELA
MODERN MEDICINE IN THE FUNCTION OF PROVING CRIMINAL OFFENCES

Summary/Abstract: The word medicine originates from the Latin language and means medicine (remedium), and the expression ars medicina is also used as the art of healing. It is based on two principles: theoretical-research and practical, or often called, clinical principle. The concluded medical theory is most often implemented into a practical form through various educational processes, which will lead to the final goal. All of the above makes medicine a combination of the scientific and the practical. Medicine as a scientific and practical discipline proves its role in the field of criminology and criminal law through forensic medical examinations, whose permanent task is to discover and clarify objective facts in committed criminal offenses: bodily injuries; determining the time and cause of death, forensic medical autopsy of corpses; expert examination of body parts; toxicological expert examinations; biological traceology; macrotraces and contact microtraces of other origin; genetics of inheritance; identification procedure, etc. in detecting a criminal act and its perpetrator. With the development of medicine, and especially Medical Criminology, its preoccupation with human life, its protection and all the criminal law regulations that arise from it is noticeable. From the above, the need for continuous cooperation between physicians, criminologists and lawyers arises. The application of forensic medicine is indicated by records dating back to 3,000 years BC, among the Hindus, where the court physician performed autopsies in order to determine the exact cause of death or verify any injuries from which the ruler succumbed. Also, in the distant past (460-377) BC. Hippocrates researched and monitored the course of pregnancy in women and studied the viability of premature babies. Although science has been slowly making its way, taking its rightful place.

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