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Humana Press Forensic Anthropology and Medicine Complementary Sciences From Recovery to Cause of Death 1st Editon 2006 Hardbound by Aurore Schmitt
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. Two Sciences, One Objective.- to Forensic Anthropology.- to Forensic Medicine and Pathology.- Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Pathology.- Aging Living Young Individuals.- Biological vs Legal Age of Living Individuals.- Pathophysiology of Death and Forensic Investigation: From Recovery to Cause of Death.- Decay Process of a Cadaver.- Understanding the Circumstances of Decomposition When the Body Is Skeletonized.- Forensic Investigation of Corpses in Various States of Decomposition.- Identification and Differential Diagnosis of Traumatic Lesions of the Skeleton.- Biological Identity.- Methodology and Reliability of Sex Determination From the Skeleton.- Age Assessment of Child Skeletal Remains in Forensic Contexts.- Determination of Adult Age at Death in the Forensic Context.- Is It Possible to Escape Racial Typology in Forensic Identification?.- Estimation and Evidence in Forensic Anthropology.- Pathology as a Factor of Personal Identity in Forensic Anthropology.- Personal Identification of Cadavers and Human Remains.- Particular Contexts: Crimes Against Humanity and Mass Disasters.- Forensic Investigations Into the Missing.- Crimes Against Humanity.- Mass Disasters.