A Companion to Forensic Anthropology

A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology currently available, with chapters by renowned international scholars and experts.

• Highlights the latest advances in forensic anthropology research, as well as the most effective practices and techniques used by professional forensic anthropologists in the field

• Illustrates the development of skeletal biological profiles and offers important new evidence on statistical validation of these analytical methods.

• Evaluates the goals and methods of forensic archaeology, including the preservation of context at surface-scattered remains, buried bodies and fatal fire scenes, and recovery and identification issues related to large-scale mass disaster scenes and mass grave excavation.

Auteur

Dennis C. Dirkmaat is the Chair of the undergraduate program in Applied Forensic Sciences and the Masters of Science in Anthropology at Mercyhurst University.

Résumé
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology currently available, with chapters by renowned international scholars and experts.

• Highlights the latest advances in forensic anthropology research, as well as the most effective practices and techniques used by professional forensic anthropologists in the field
• Illustrates the development of skeletal biological profiles and offers important new evidence on statistical validation of these analytical methods.
• Evaluates the goals and methods of forensic archaeology, including the preservation of context at surface-scattered remains, buried bodies and fatal fire scenes, and recovery and identification issues related to large-scale mass disaster scenes and mass grave excavation.

Contenu
List of Illustrations ix

List of Tables xvi

Notes on Contributors xvii

About This Book xxix

Acknowledgments xxxv

Part I Introduction and Brief History of Forensic Anthropology 1

1 Forensic Anthropology: Embracing the New Paradigm 3
Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Luis L. Cabo

Part II Recovery of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts 41

Introduction to Part II 43
Dennis C. Dirkmaat

2 Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother? 48
Dennis C. Dirkmaat

3 Determining the Forensic Significance of Skeletal Remains 66
John J. Schultz

4 The Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Forensic Grave Detection 85
John J. Schultz

5 Crime Scene Perspective: Collecting Evidence in the Context of the Criminal Incident 101
Michael J. Hochrein

6 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal-Fire Victim 113
Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Gregory O. Olson, Alexandra R. Klales, and Sara Getz

7 Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident ( Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene 136
Dennis C. Dirkmaat

8 Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods, and Lessons Learned 157
Hugh H. Tuller

9 Archaeology, Mass Graves, and Resolving Commingling Issues through Spatial Analysis 175
Luis L. Cabo, Dennis C. Dirkmaat, James M. Adovasio, and Vicente C. Rozas

Part III Developments in Forensic Osteology 197

Introduction to Part III 199
Luis L. Cabo

10 Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-at-Death Estimation 202
Heather M. Garvin, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Natalie M. Uhl, Desina R. Gipson, Rebecca S. Overbury, and Luis L. Cabo

11 Skeletal Age Estimation: Where We are and Where We Should Go 224
George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen

12 Adult Sex Determination: Methods and Application 239
Heather M. Garvin

13 Sexual Dimorphism: Interpreting Sex Markers 248
Luis L. Cabo, Ciarán P. Brewster, and Juan Luengo Azpiazu

14 Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of Ancestry 287
Joseph T. Hefner, Stephen D. Ousley, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat

15 Fordisc 3 and Statistical Methods for Estimating Sex and Ancestry 311
Stephen D. Ousley and Richard L. Jantz

16 Estimating Stature 330
Stephen D. Ousley

Part IV Developments in Human Skeletal Trauma Analysis 335

Introduction to Part IV 337
Dennis C. Dirkmaat

17 Interpreting Traumatic Injury to Bone in Medicolegal Investigations 340
Steven A. Symes, Ericka N. L ' Abbé, Erin N. Chapman, Ivana Wolff, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat

18 The Biomechanics of Gunshot Trauma to Bone: Research Considerations within the Present Judicial Climate 390
Hugh E. Berryman, Alicja K. Lanfear, and Natalie R. Shirley

19 Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma 400
Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Todd W. Fenton

Part V Advances in Human Identification 413

Introduction to Part V 415
Dennis C. Dirkmaat

20 Advances in the Anthropological Analysis of Cremated Remains 418
Traci L. Van Deest, Michael W. Warren, and Katelyn L. Bolhofner

21 Human Identification Using SkullPhoto Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison 432
Norman J. Sauer, Amy R. Michael, and Todd W. Fenton

22 DNA Analysis and the Classic Goal of Forensic Anthropology 447
Luis L. Cabo

23 DNA Identification and Forensic Anthropology: Developments in DNA Collection, Analysis, and Technology 462
David Boyer

Part VI Forensic Taphonomy 471 Introduction to Part VI 473
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