Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains
eBook - PDF

Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains

Beyond Black and White

  1. 334 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains

Beyond Black and White

About this book

Ancestry determination in the identification of unknown remains can be a challenge for forensic scientists and anthropologists, especially when the remains available for testing are limited. There are various techniques for the assessment of ancestry, ranging from traditional to new microbiological and computer-assisted methods. Biological Affinity

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Yes, you can access Biological Affinity in Forensic Identification of Human Skeletal Remains by Gregory E. Berg, Sabrina C Ta'ala in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Forensic Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780367778460
eBook ISBN
9781439815779
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Forensic Science
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Editors
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Race Concept in Physical Anthropology
  8. Chapter 2: Biological Affinity in Medicolegal, Public, and Anthropological Contexts
  9. Chapter 3: Cranial Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of American Black, American White, and Hispanic Ancestry
  10. Chapter 4: Biological Affinity and Sex from the Mandible Utilizing Multiple World Populations
  11. Chapter 5: Metric Ancestry Estimation from the Postcranial Skeleton
  12. Chapter 6: The Sagittal Suture as an Indicator of Race and Sex
  13. Chapter 7: Beyond the Cranium : Ancestry Estimation from the Lower Limb
  14. Chapter 8: Population Affinities of Hispanic Crania : Implications for Forensic Identification
  15. Chapter 9: Dental Nonmetric Variation around the World : Using Key Traits in Populations to Estimate Ancestry in Individuals
  16. Chapter 10: Dental Morphological Estimation of Ancestry in Forensic Contexts
  17. Chapter 11: Size Matters : Discrimination between American Blacks and Whites, Males and Females, Using Tooth Crown Dimensions
  18. Chapter 12: Linking Identity with Landscape : Osteological and Sr–Pb Isotopic Methods for Biogeoreference
  19. Chapter 13: The Use of DNA in the Identification of Degraded Human Skeletal Remains : A Basic Primer
  20. Chapter 14: Identification of Deceased Unauthorized Border Crossers in the United States
  21. Chapter 15: Sequence, Haplotype, and Ancestry : Using the Mitochondrial DNA Hypervariable Region to Predict Forensic “Race”
  22. Back Cover