Forensic anthropology : current methods and practice / Angi M. Christensen, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Eric J. Bartelink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christensen, Angi M., author.

Passalacqua, Nicholas V., author.

Bartelink, Eric J., author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic anthropology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic Anthropology.

Medical Subjects:

Forensic Anthropology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 501 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Academic Press, [2019]

Summary:

This book approaches forensic anthropology using current practices and case studies drawn from the varied experiences, backgrounds, and practices of working forensic anthropologists. This text guides the reader through all aspects of human remains recovery and forensic anthropological analysis. It presents principles at a level that is appropriate for those new to the field, while at the same time incorporating evolutionary, biomechanical, and other theoretical foundations for the features and phenomena encountered in forensic anthropological casework.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction to forensic anthropology

1.1. Forensic anthropology defined

1.2. History of forensic anthropology

1.3. Forensic anthropology today

1.4. Skeletal collections

1.5. Forensic anthropology in legal and political contexts

1.6. Ethics in forensic anthropology -

1.7. Careers in forensic anthropology

1.8. Skeletal remains as evidence

1.9. Case study: Report writing

1.10. Case study: Forensic anthropology testimony

1.11. Layout of this book

1.12. Summary

1.13. Test yourself

Definitions

References

ch. 2 Human osteology and odontology

2.1. Principles of human osteology and odontology

2.2. Bone biology

2.3. Bone growth and development

2.4. Skeletal anatomy

2.5. Dental anatomy

2.6. Case study: Skeletal inventory

2.7. Case study: Dental anomaly

2.8. Summary

2.9. Test yourself

ch. 3 Skeletal examination and documentation methods

3.1. Overview of examination methods

3.2. Macroscopic analysis

3.3. Metric analysis

3.4. Fordisc

3.5. Statistics, error, and uncertainty in forensic anthropology

3.6. Radiology

3.7. Histology

3.8. Elemental analysis

3.9. Case study: Method selection and metrics

3.10. Case study: Radiology

3.11. Summary

3.12. Test yourself

ch. 4 Medicolegal significance

4.1. The medicolegal context

4.2. Skeletal versus nonskeletal material

4.3. Human versus nonhuman skeletal material

4.4. Recent versus nonrecent human skeletal remains

4.5. Case study: Skeletal versus nonskeletal

4.6. Case study: Human versus nonhuman

4.7. Case study: Recent versus nonrecent

4.8. Summary

4.9. Test yourself

ch. 5 Forensic taphonomy

5.1. Principles of forensic taphonomy

5.2. Decomposition and postmortem soft tissue changes

5.3. Postmortem skeletal changes

5.4. Scavenging

5.5. Body movement and disarticulation

5.6. Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI)

5.7. Humans as taphonomic agents

5.8. Case study: Postmortem tooth fractures

5.9. Case study: PMI estimation

5.10. Summary

5.11. Test yourself

ch. 6 Forensic archaeology and scene processing methods

6.1. Principles of forensic archaeology

6.2. Recovery scenes

6.3. Archaeological method and theory

6.4. Detection methods

6.5. Recovery methods

6.6. Scene documentation

6.7. Evidence collection and packaging

6.8. Case study: Burial recovery

6.9. Case study: Fire scene

6.10. Summary

6.11. Test yourself

ch. 7 Processing, resolving commingling, and preserving remains

7.1. Principles of skeletal processing and preparation

7.2. Skeletal processing methods

7.3. Skeletal reconstruction

7.4. Resolving commingling

7.5. Skeletal sampling

7.6. Skeletal preservation

7.7. Case study: Processing

7.8. Case study: Commingling

7.9. Summary

7.10. Test yourself

ch. 8 Sex estimation

8.1. Principles of sex estimation

8.2. Morphoscopic sex estimation methods

8.3. Metric sex estimation methods

8.4. Sex estimation in subadults

8.5. Other considerations in sex estimation

8.6. Case study: Sex estimation using scored pelvic and cranial traits

8.7. Case study: Sex estimation using metric analysis

8.8. Case study: (Incorrect) sex estimation using metric analysis

8.9. Summary

8.10. Test yourself

ch. 9 Ancestry estimation

9.1. Principles of ancestry estimation

9.2. Morphoscopic (nonmetric) ancestry estimation

9.3. Craniometric ancestry estimation

9.4. Ancestry estimation using dental metrics

9.5. Ancestry estimation using (hu)MANid

9.6. Postcranial methods of ancestry estimation

9.7. Other considerations in ancestry estimation

9.8. Case study: Ancestry estimation using OSSA

9.9. Case study: Ancestry estimation using Fordisc

9.10. Case study: Ancestry estimation using Fordisc

9.11. Summary

9.12. Test yourself

ch. 10 Age estimation

10.1. Principles of age estimation

10.2. Subadult age estimation: Dental methods

10.3. Subadult age estimation: Osteological methods

10.4. Adult age estimation: Pubic symphysis methods

10.5. Adult age estimation: Auricular surface methods

10.6. Adult age estimation: Sternal rib end methods

10.7. Adult age estimation: Histological methods

10.8. General indicators of advanced age

10.9. Other considerations in age estimation

10.10. Case study: Subadult age estimation

10.11. Case study: Adult age estimation

10.12. Case study: Age estimation using radiology

10.13. Summary

10.14. Test yourself

ch. 11 Stature estimation and other skeletal metrics

11.1. Principles of stature estimation

11.2. Full skeleton methods of stature estimation

11.3. Regression methods of stature estimation

11.4. Body mass estimation

11.5. Analysis of cremains weight

11.6. Other considerations in stature estimation

11.7. Case study: Stature estimation using the full skeleton method

11.8. Case study: Manual calculation of stature estimate using regression

11.9. Case study: Stature estimation using Fordisc

11.10. Summary

11.11. Test yourself

ch. 12 Individual skeletal variation

12.1. Principles of skeletal variation

12.2. Normal skeletal variation

12.3. Skeletal anomalies

12.4. Pathological conditions

12.5. Repetitive mechanical stress

12.6. Case study

-Proliferative lesions

12.7. Case study

-Dental anomalies

12.8. Case study: Button osteoma

12.9. Summary

12.10. Test yourself

ch. 13 Analysis of skeletal trauma

13.1. Principles of skeletal trauma analysis

13.2. Forces, bone biomechanics, and fractures

13.3. Trauma timing

13.4. Trauma mechanism

Blunt trauma

High-velocity projectile trauma

Sharp trauma

Thermal alterations

Blast trauma

13.5. Other considerations in skeletal trauma analysis

13.6. Case study: Antemortem and perimortem pediatric trauma

13.7. Case study: High-velocity projectile trauma

13.8. Case study: Fall from a height

13.9. Summary

13.10. Test yourself

ch. 14 Personal identification

14.1. Principles of personal identification

14.2. Narrowing the pool of potential matches

14.3. Identification comparisons

14.4. Other identification approaches

14.5. Quantification in identification

14.6. DNA approaches

14.7. Facial approximation

14.8. Case study: Radiographic comparison of foot

14.9. Case study: Exclusion based on cranial radiographs

14.10. Case study: The state of Tennessee v. David William Cosgrif, III

14.11. Summary

14.12. Test yourself

ch. 15 Forensic anthropology in humanitarian and human rights investigations

15.1. Humanitarian and human rights applications of forensic anthropology

15.2. Forensic anthropology in armed conflict-related investigations

15.3. Forensic anthropology in mass disaster response and disaster victim identification

15.4. Forensic anthropology and human migration routes

15.5. Forensic anthropology and human rights investigations

15.6. Case study: Unidentified border crossers

15.7. Case study: Mass graves from the Spanish Civil War

15.8. Case study: World War TJ US service member recovery

15.9. Summary

15.10. Test yourself

References.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Christensen, Angi M. Forensic anthropology.

ISBN:

9780128157343

0128157348

OCLC:

1112375562

Publisher Number:

99993275589