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Summary
Summary
Recent political, religious, ethnic, and racial conflicts, as well as mass disasters, have significantly helped to bring to light the almost unknown dis- pline of forensic anthropology. This science has become particularly useful to forensic pathologists because it aids in solving various puzzles, such as id- tifying victims and documenting crimes. On topics such as mass disasters and crimes against humanity, teamwork between forensic pathologists and for- sic anthropologists has significantly increased over the few last years. This relationship has also improved the study of routine cases in local medicolegal institutes. When human remains are badly decomposed, partially skelet- ized, and/or burned, it is particularly useful for the forensic pathologist to be assisted by a forensic anthropologist. It is not a one-way situation: when the forensic anthropologist deals with skeletonized bodies that have some kind of soft tissue, the advice of a forensic pathologist would be welcome. Forensic anthropology is a subspecialty/field of physical anthropology. Most of the background on skeletal biology was gathered on the basis of sk- etal remains from past populations. Physical anthropologists then developed an indisputable "know-how"; nevertheless, one must keep in mind that looking for a missing person or checking an assumed identity is quite a different matter. Pieces of information needed by forensic anthropologists require a higher level of reliability and accuracy than those granted in a general archaeological c- text. To achieve a positive identification, findings have to match with e- dence, particularly when genetic identification is not possible.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. v |
Contributors | p. xiii |
Part I Two Sciences, One Objective | |
Chapter 1 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 Introduction to Forensic Medicine and Pathology | p. 13 |
Chapter 3 Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Pathology: The State of the Art | p. 39 |
Part II Aging Living Young Individuals | |
Chapter 4 Biological vs Legal Age of Living Individuals | p. 57 |
Part III Pathophysiology of Death and Forensic Investigation: From Recovery to the Cause of Death | |
Chapter 5 Decay Process of a Cadaver | p. 85 |
Chapter 6 Understanding the Circumstances of Decomposition When the Body Is Skeletonized | p. 117 |
Chapter 7 Forensic Investigation of Corpses in Various States of Decomposition: A Multidisciplinary Approach | p. 159 |
Chapter 8 Identification and Differential Diagnosis of Traumatic Lesions of the Skeleton | p. 197 |
Part IV Biological Identity | |
Chapter 9 Methodology and Reliability of Sex Determination From the Skeleton | p. 225 |
Chapter 10 Age Assessment of Child Skeletal Remains in Forensic Contexts | p. 243 |
Chapter 11 Determination of Adult Age at Death in the Forensic Context | p. 259 |
Chapter 12 Is It Possible to Escape Racial Typology in Forensic Identification? | p. 281 |
Chapter 13 Estimation and Evidence in Forensic Anthropology: Determining Stature | p. 317 |
Chapter 14 Pathology as a Factor of Personal Identity in Forensic Anthropology | p. 333 |
Chapter 15 Personal Identification of Cadavers and Human Remains | p. 359 |
Part V Particular Contexts: Crimes Against Humanity and Mass Disasters | |
Chapter 16 Forensic Investigations Into the Missing: Recommendations and Operational Best Practices | p. 383 |
Chapter 17 Crimes Against Humanity | p. 409 |
Chapter 18 Mass Disasters | p. 431 |
Index | p. 445 |