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The use of forensic anthropology / Robert Pickering, David Bachman.
Penn Museum Library GN69.8 .P53 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickering, Robert B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- A forensic investigation requires a team of specialists from many different scientific fields of study along with legal and law enforcement specialists. In recent years, the range of cases on which forensic anthropologists have been consulted has expanded dramatically. When skeletal or severely decomposed remains are discovered, normal methods of identification such as facial recognition and fingerprinting are ineffective. The Use of Forensic Anthropology, Second Edition offers insights on how to find the right professional to assist with these difficult cases.
- Presents the latest scientific technologies in easy-to-understand language
- Evaluates techniques such as facial reconstruction, blood typing, and analyzing bone fragments
- Discusses the major categories of trauma-antimortem, perimortem, and postmortem
- Provides guidelines for finding and evaluating forensic anthropologists
- Uses examples and anecdotes to convey key information
- The first responder to a scene with skeletal remains and the law enforcement agencies who become involved will likely be confronted with evidence that they cannot interpret. This volume provides a bridge for these professionals, enabling them to develop a standard protocol for investigating skeletal remains, highlighting important questions that must be answered, and assisting them in finding the right forensic anthropologist to solve the puzzle of an unexplained death.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "Some bones have been found"
- Setting the scene
- Scenario one
- Scenario two
- Key points to remember when skeletal remains are discovered
- What the forensic anthropologist can and cannot do
- Finding a forensic anthropologist
- What the forensic anthropologist can do
- How to find a forensic anthropologist
- Establishing the ground rules
- Letters of agreement
- The case report
- Case report samples
- Techniques for recovering skeletonized human remains
- Equipment requirements
- "I think there is a skeleton buried in this field"
- "Here's a bone, we have a problem"
- "Hey doc, what's in the box?"
- The forensic anthropologist and recovery of remains
- Field recovery
- The final report
- Things you can do to make recovery easier
- Ten key questions
- Question #1: is it bone?
- Question #2: is it human?
- Question #3: is it modern?
- Question #4: what bones are present?
- Question #5: is there more than one person present?
- Question #6: what is the race, ethnicity, or cultural affiliation?
- Question #7: what is the sex?
- Question #8: what is the age?
- Question #9: what is the stature?
- Question #10: what are the individual characteristics of the remains?
- Summary
- Assessing ancestry (race) from the skeleton / George W. Gill
- Determination of time since death
- The body
- The micro environment
- Eight essential environmental categories of information
- Special techniques: their value and limitations
- Facial reconstruction
- Direct facial reconstruction
- Craniofacial superimposition
- Video superimposition
- Footprint impression analysis
- Osteon counting
- Bitemark analysis
- ABO blood typing
- Forensic toxicology
- 14C dating
- DNA testing
- An introduction to forensic science and DNA / Heather Miller Coyle
- Skeletal trauma and identifying skeletal pathology
- Antemortem trauma
- Perimortem trauma
- Postmortem trauma
- Pseudotrauma
- Pathologic changes in bone
- Follow-up steps for skeletal abnormalities
- Putting your case together
- Closing the case, closing the book
- Appendix: report forms
- Human remains investigation: General information
- Contextual description
- Recovery area
- General description of remains
- Inventory
- Photo and video inventory
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ( pages 193-194) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781420068771
- 1420068776
- OCLC:
- 156830857
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