Companion to Forensic Anthropology

Informationen zum Autor Dennis C. Dirkmaat is the Chair of the undergraduate program in Applied Forensic Sciences and the Masters of Science in Anthropology at Mercyhurst University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung A Companion to Forensic Anthropology explores the latest theoretical and methodological work in the field, and includes thorough and up-to-date bibliographies. A wide range of international experts provide a comprehensive assessment of the field of forensic anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Introd...

List of contents

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 Skull-Photo 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
Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Nicholas V. Passalacqua
 
24 Current Research in Forensic Taphonomy 477
Marcella H. S

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"In summary, Dirkmaat's volume would seem to succeed in its stated goal of providing a timely and thorough supplement to generalized textbooks of forensic anthropology."
Journal Forensic Sciences

Product details

• Authors: DC Dirkmaat, Dennis Dirkmaat, Dennis (Mercyhurst College Dirkmaat
• Assisted by: Denni Dirkmaat (Editor), Dennis Dirkmaat (Editor), Dirkmaat Dennis (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2015
• EAN: 9781118959794
• ISBN: 978-1-118-95979-4
• No. of pages: 752
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology; Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology; WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO; Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology; Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Anthropologie, Archäologie, Forensik, Life Sciences, Anthropology, Biowissenschaften, Archaeology, Forensic Science, Methoden u. Theorie der Archäologie, Archaeological Methods & Theory, Biologische Anthropologie, Biological Anthropology