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Forensic Anthropology
Current Methods and Practice
- 1st Edition - December 30, 2013
- Authors: Angi M. Christensen, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Eric J. Bartelink
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 7 2 9 0 - 6
Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice—winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association—approaches forensic anthropol… Read more
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Request a sales quoteForensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice—winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association—approaches forensic anthropology through an innovative style using current practices and real 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, presenting 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.
Attention is focused primarily on the most recent and scientifically valid applications commonly employed by working forensic anthropologists. Readers will therefore learn about innovative techniques in the discipline, and aspiring practitioners will be prepared by understanding the necessary background needed to work in the field today. Instructors and students will find Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice comprehensive, practical, and relevant to the modern discipline of forensic anthropology.
- Winner of a 2015 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association
- Focuses on modern methods, recent advances in research and technology, and current challenges in the science of forensic anthropology
- Addresses issues of international relevance such as the role of forensic anthropology in mass disaster response and human rights investigations
- Includes chapter summaries, topicoriented case studies, keywords, and reflective questions to increase active student learning
Introductory and/or upper level courses in forensic anthropology. Also, reference for other courses involving human identification, skeletal biology or human osteology; practical guide for beginning practitioners.
Foreword
Preface
Author Biographies
Chapter 1. Introduction
Abstract
1.1 Forensic anthropology
1.2 History of forensic anthropology
1.3 Forensic anthropology today
1.4 Careers in forensic anthropology
1.5 Layout of this book
1.6 Summary
1.7 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 2. Human Osteology and Odontology
Abstract
2.1 Principles of human osteology and odontology
2.2 Bone biology
2.3 Bone growth and development
2.4 Skeletal anatomy
2.5 Dentition
2.6 Summary
2.7 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 3. Skeletal Examination and Documentation Methods
Abstract
3.1 Examination methods
3.2 Skeletal remains as evidence
3.3 Case studies
3.4 Summary
3.5 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 4. Medicolegal Significance
Abstract
4.1 The medicolegal context
4.2 Skeletal versus non-skeletal material
4.3 Human versus non-human skeletal material
4.4 Contemporary versus non-contemporary human skeletal remains
4.5 Other considerations in medicolegal significance
4.6 Case study: human or non-human?
4.7 Summary
4.8 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 5. Forensic Taphonomy
Abstract
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 patterns
5.6 Estimating time since death
5.7 Additional considerations in forensic taphonomy
5.8 Case study – forensic taphonomy
5.9 Summary
5.10 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 6. Forensic Archaeology and Scene Processing Methods
Abstract
6.1 Principles of forensic archaeology
6.2 Recovery scenes
6.3 Archaeological methods 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 – fatal fire scene
6.10 Summary
6.11 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 7. Processing and Preparing Remains
Abstract
7.1 Principles of skeletal processing and preparation
7.2 Processing methods
7.3 Skeletal reconstruction
7.4 Commingling
7.5 Skeletal sampling
7.6 Skeletal preservation
7.7 Case study – processing
7.8 Summary
7.9 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 8. Sex Estimation
Abstract
8.1 Principles of sex estimation
8.2 Morphoscopic (non-metric) analysis
8.3 Metric analysis
8.4 Other considerations in sex estimation
8.5 Case study – sex estimation
8.6 Summary
8.7 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 9. Ancestry Estimation
Abstract
9.1 Principles of ancestry estimation
9.2 Morphoscopic (non-metric) analysis
9.3 Craniometric analysis
9.4 Postcranial methods
9.5 Other considerations in ancestry estimation
9.6 Case study – ancestry estimation
9.7 Summary
9.8 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 10. Age Estimation
Abstract
10.1 Principles of age estimation
10.2 Age categories
10.3 Juvenile (subadult) age estimation
10.4 Adult age estimation
10.5 Other considerations in age estimation
10.6 Case study: juvenile age estimation
10.7 Case study: adult age estimation
10.8 Summary
10.9 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 11. Stature Estimation
Abstract
11.1 Principles of stature estimation
11.2 Full skeleton methods
11.3 Regression methods
11.4 Other considerations in stature estimation
11.5 Case study – stature estimation
11.6 Summary
11.7 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 12. Individual Skeletal Variation
Abstract
12.1 Principles of skeletal variation
12.2 Normal skeletal variation
12.3 Anomalies
12.4 Pathological conditions
12.5 Repetitive activity
12.6 Case study – ankylosis
12.7 Case study – dental anomalies
12.8 Summary
12.9 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 13. Analysis of Skeletal Trauma
Abstract
13.1 Principles of trauma analysis
13.2 Forces, bone biomechanics, and fractures
13.3 Trauma timing
13.4 Trauma mechanism
13.5 Cause and manner of death
13.6 Case study – perimortem fall from a height
13.7 Case study – antemortem and perimortem pediatric trauma
13.8 Summary
13.9 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 14. Personal Identification
Abstract
14.1 Principles of personal identification
14.2 Narrowing the pool of potential matches
14.3 Identification comparisons
14.4 Quantitative approaches
14.5 DNA analysis
14.6 Facial approximation
14.7 Case study – radiographic comparison of foot
14.8 Case study – exclusion based on cranial radiographs
14.9 Summary
14.10 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Chapter 15. Contemporary Issues in Forensic Anthropology
Abstract
15.1 Forensic anthropology and the broader forensic community
15.2 Forensic anthropology in mass disaster response and disaster victim identification
15.3 Forensic anthropology in conflict and human rights investigations
15.4 Forensic anthropology and human migration routes
15.5 Forensic anthropology in the legal system
15.6 Error and uncertainty in forensic science and forensic anthropology
15.7 New research directions
15.8 Future of forensic anthropology
15.9 Case study – the state of Tennessee v. David William Cosgrif, III
15.10 Summary
15.11 Test yourself
Definitions
References
Index
- No. of pages: 464
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 30, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780124172906
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Angi M. Christensen
Dr. Christensen received her BA in Anthropology at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA (1997), and her MA and PhD in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN (2000 and 2003). Since 2004, she has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. She was board certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology in 2012 and is also an Adjunct Professor in the Forensic Science Program at George Mason University.
Angi is a co-author of the award-winning textbook Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice, as well as a co-founder and Editor of the journal Forensic Anthropology. Her research interests include methods of personal identification, trauma analysis, elemental analysis, and skeletal imaging. She has published articles in Journal of Forensic Sciences, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, Forensic Science International, Journal of Forensic Identification, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Science Medicine & Pathology, and Journal of Anatomy.
Affiliations and expertise
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, USANP
Nicholas V. Passalacqua
Dr. Passalacqua received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2012 and was certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology in 2016. Dr. Passalacqua is an Assistant Professor and the Forensic Anthropology Program Coordinator at Western Carolina University. Prior to arriving at WCU, he worked as a deploying forensic anthropologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency – Laboratory in Oahu, Hawaii.
Dr. Passalacqua is a co-founder and a current co-editor of the journal Forensic Anthropology. He is also currently a board member of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, the chair of the Anthropology Consensus Body of the Academy Standards Board, and a member of the Anthropology sub-committee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees.
Dr. Passalacqua co-authored the award-winning textbook: Forensic anthropology: Current methods and practice, as well as the books: Ethics and professionalism in forensic anthropology, and A laboratory manual for forensic anthropology. Dr. Passalacqua also has numerous publications in such journals as: Forensic Anthropology, The American Journal of Physical Anthropology, The International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, and The Journal of Forensic Sciences, as well as chapters in such books as: Skeletal trauma analysis: Case studies in context, The analysis of burned human remains, Age estimation of the human skeleton, and A companion to forensic anthropology.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor and the Forensic Anthropology Program Coordinator at Western Carolina University, NC, USAEB
Eric J. Bartelink
Eric J. Bartelink is a Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology and co-Director of the Human Identification Laboratory at California State University, Chico. He received his BS in Anthropology at Central Michigan University (1995), his MA in Anthropology at California State University, Chico (2001), and his PhD in Anthropology at Texas A&M University (2006). He became the 89th Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology in 2012. Eric’s interests are in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, and he has conducted research focused on skeletal trauma, taphonomy, paleopathology, and stable isotope analysis. He has conducted an extensive research program focused on central California bioarchaeology, and also conducted work in American Samoa. In 2000, he assisted with the excavation of mass graves in Bosnia-Herzegovina through the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and also assisted in the identification of victims from the World Trade Center 9/11 disaster in 2002 and 2003. He has published articles in Journal of Forensic Sciences, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Science, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Archaeometry, and California Archaeology.
Eric teaches courses in introductory physical anthropology, human osteology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic science, and statistics. He is Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Society of American Archaeology, Paleopathology Association, and the Society for California Archaeology. He is a current board member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and a member of the Anthropology Sub-Committee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology and co-Director of the Human Identification Laboratory at California State University, Chico, CA, USARead Forensic Anthropology on ScienceDirect