**2. Method**

This chapter gives information about the scope and characteristics of forensic midwifery discipline, draws attention to forensic midwifery within the fields of forensic sciences and contributes significantly to the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of forensic cases. This literature search included the midwives' duties and competences in terms of the factors affecting the health of women and pregnant women and having forensic dimensions (violence against women and pregnant women, etc.). Searches were conducted in PubMed, Cochrane and ScienceDirect, and included studies published in Turkey, English 2000–2018. Further studies were retrieved by detailed searches of the reference lists of identified articles.
