Germany abuses its Children

(Co-Authored by Saskia Guddat)

Each year, more than 200 000 children are victims of violence by adults. The federal system for protection of minors fails to protect those children with cruel regularity. Even in obvious cases of abuse, social workers and doctors do not step in and judges give defendants the benefit of the doubt all too easily. Renowned forensic medical experts Michael Tsokos and Saskia Guddat reveal the outrageous state of affairs and show how childrens’ health and rights can be better protected.

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  • Publisher: Droemer TB
  • Release: 01.10.2019
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-30234-7
  • 320 Pages
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Michael TsokosSaskia Guddat
Germany abuses its Children
Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos Saskia Guddat Germany abuses its Children
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Prof. Dr. Michael Tsokos

Michael Tsokos, born in 1967, is a professor of Forensic Medicine and head of the State Institute for Legal and Social Medicine in Berlin. He is the best known German forensic scientist and regularly works as an expert in Germany and abroad, among others for the Federal Criminal Police, identifying the victims of terror attacks and mass disasters. He has written 26 books to date, all of them SPIEGEL bestsellers.  Follow Michael Tsokos on Instagram: @dr.tsokos

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Saskia Guddat

Born 1967 in Kiel. He is head of the Institut für Rechtsmedizin (Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences) at Berlin’s Charité hospital and head of the Landesinstitut für gerichtliche und soziale Medizin in Berlin (Institute for Forensic and Social Medicine in Berlin). He is the best known German forensic scientist and works as an expert in Germany and abroad, for example for the UN, identifying the bodies of civil victims in war zones. His spectacular case collections Reader of the Dead (Dem Tod auf der Spur) und Tracing Death (Der Totenleser) have become bestsellers.In 2012 he published the thriller Abgeschnitten (Cut Off) together with Sebastian Fitzek. Beside his work as a forensic scientist and a writer, Professor Michael Tsokos has worked since 2012 as a presenter for the science documentary "Auf der Jagd nach Mr.X - das Forensik-Experiment" (Chasing Mr. X – the Forensic Experiment), which is produced by SKY and National Geographic Channel. Professor Tsokos lives in Berlin.