Recent Advances in Forensic Anthropological Methods and Research - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3036554327 ISBN 13: 9783036554327

Publisher: Mdpi AG, 2022

Synopsis

Forensic anthropology, while still relatively in its infancy compared to other forensic science disciplines, adopts a wide array of methods from many disciplines for human skeletal identification in medico-legal and humanitarian contexts. The human skeleton is a dynamic tissue that can withstand the ravages of time given the right environment and may be the only remaining evidence left in a forensic case whether a week or decades old. Improved understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that modulate skeletal tissues allows researchers and practitioners to improve the accuracy and precision of identification methods ranging from establishing a biological profile such as estimating age-at-death, and population affinity, estimating time-since-death, using isotopes for geolocation of unidentified decedents, radiology for personal identification, histology to assess a live birth, to assessing traumatic injuries and so much more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mdpi AG
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3036554327
• ISBN 13: 9783036554327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Ross Ann H, Cunha Eugenia