New Perspectives in Forensic Human Skeletal Identification

New Perspectives in Forensic Human Skeletal Identification provides a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective on human identification methods in forensic anthropology. Divided into four distinct sections, the chapters will reflect recent advances in human skeletal identification, including statistical and morphometric methods for assessing the biological profile (sex, age, ancestry, stature), biochemical methods of identification (DNA analysis, stable isotope analysis, bomb curve analysis), and use of comparative radiography. The final section of this book highlights advances in human identification techniques that are being applied to international populations and disaster victims.

The contributing authors represent established experts in forensic anthropology and closely related fields. New Perspectives in Forensic Human Skeletal Identification will be an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and advanced students interested in state-of-the-art methods for human identification.

List of contents

1. Introduction
Section I: Advances in Biological Profile Construction
2. Human Variability and Forensic Anthropology
3. Advances in Morphometrics for Sex and Ancestry Assessment
4. Advances in cranial macromorphoscopic trait and dental morphology analysis for ancestry estimation
5. hu(MAN)id: an R-based Application and GUI Utilizing Linear Discriminant Analysis for Classifying the Human Mandible
6. A Decade of Development in Juvenile Aging
7. Estimation of Immature Age from the Dentition
8. Adult Age-at-death Estimation in Unknown Decedents: New Perspectives on an Old Problem
9. Multivariate regression methods for the analysis of stature
10. Full Skeleton Stature Estimation
11. The History and Use of NamUs
Section II: Advances in Molecular and Microscopic Methods of Identification
12. The Utilization of Databases for the Identification of Human Remains
13. Flexibility in Testing Skeletonized Remains for DNA Analysis Can Lead to Increased Success: Suggestions and Case Studies
14. Forensic identification of human skeletal remains using isotopes: A brief history of applications from archaeological dig sites to modern crime scenes
15. Stable Isotopes Analysis: Case Applications
16. Bomb Pulse Radiocarbon Dating of Skeletal Tissues
17. Species Determination from Fragmentary Evidence
18. Bone Histology as an Integrated Tool in the Process of Skeletal Identification
Section III: Advances in Radiographic and Superimposition Methods of Identification
19. Overview of Advances in Forensic Radiological Methods of Human Identification
20. Advances in the use of frontal sinuses for human identification
21. Advances in Radiographic Superimposition
22. Comparative Medical Radiography: Practice and Validation
23. The CADI Method of Computer-Assisted Radiographic Identification
24. Morphometric Identification Methods
Section IV: International Studies and Mass Disasters
25. International Advances in Identification of Human Remains
26. Using Elliptical Fourier Analysis to Interpret Complex Morphological Features in Global Populations
27. Forensic Anthropology and the Biological Profile in South Africa: Recent Advances and Developments
28. The Influence of Operational Workflow and Mortuary Environment on Identification
29. Advances in Disaster Victim Identification
30. Summary

About the author

Dr. Latham is an Associate Professor of Biology & Anthropology and serves as the Director of the Molecular Anthropology Lab and the Co-Director of the Archaeology & Forensics Laboratory. A Board Certified Forensic Anthropologist (D-ABFA), she currently serves as a Consulting Forensic Anthropologist for police, coroners and pathologists in the Midwestern United States and has delivered numerous lectures for state and local agencies around the country. Dr. Latham also serves as a DNA Expert in the U.S. Federal Court System.Dr. Bartelink is an Associate Professor of Physical Anthropology and serves as the Director of the CSU-Chico Human Identification Laboratory (CSUC-HIL), the Stable Isotope Preparation Laboratory (SIPL), and co-coordinator of the Certificate in Forensic Identification. He is a board certified Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate level coursework in introductory physical anthropology, human osteology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, human growth and development, and statistics, his is a certified instructor for POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training), and teach short courses and workshops in forensic anthropology, forensic archaeology, and human versus non-human bone identification. He is also a forensic specialist for California’s NamUs team (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System).Dr. Finnegan is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, at Kansas State University, and one of the nation's leading forensic anthropology experts. In 2005, he was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution, studying paleopathology and non-metric variation for population studies and forensic science application. He is a Fellow and past Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences; a Diplomate, and past President, of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is a recipient of the "Kansas Attorney General's Certificate of Merit" in recognition of outstanding service rendered to law enforcement in and for the State of Kansas by a private citizen.
He has published numerous articles on theory, method and application of osteological analysis in population studies and forensic applications. He has conducted research in Africa, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe, as well as various areas of North and South America. Dr. Finnegan is a recipient of the "William L. Stamey Teaching Award" in undergraduate instruction, the "John C. Hazelet Award" as the outstanding member of the Kansas Division of the International Association for Identification, the "Bartucz Lajos Award" from Jozsef Attila University and the "T. Dale Stewart Award" from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Krista Latham
• Assisted by: Eric J Bartelink (Editor), Eric J. Bartelink (Editor), Eric J. (Department of Anthropology Bartelink (Editor), Michael Finnegan (Editor), Michael (Department of Sociology and Anthropology Finnegan (Editor), Finnegan Michael (Editor), Krista E Latham (Editor), Krista E. Latham (Editor), Krista E. (Department of Anthropology Latham (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2017
• EAN: 9780128054291
• ISBN: 978-0-12-805429-1
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 276 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 1400 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine, Forensic Science, Forensic Medicine