Recovery, analysis, and identification of commingled human remains

This book brings together tools from diverse sources within forensic science to offer a set of comprehensive approaches to handling commingled remains. Thechapters cover remains recovery, laboratory analysis, and even the use of antermortem databases. Many of the chapters are written by authors who exemplify the spirit of interdisciplinary colaboration. Chapters cover the recovery of commingled remains in the field, the use of triage in the assessment of commingling, various analytical techniques for sorting and determining the number of individuals, the role of DNA in the overall process, ethical considerations, and data management. Case examples, such as the World Trade Center attack will be used to illustrate techniques that were found to be successful and those that were found to be problematic. This book will appeal to forensic scientists and archaeologists in the United States and abroad. Instrumental to the forensic community. INDICE: From the contents Methodology in Commingling Analysis: An Historical Overview.- Spatial Analysis of Mass Grave Mapping Data to Assist in the Reassociation of Disarticulated and Commingled Human Remains.- Pieces of the Puzzle: F.B.I. Evidence Response Team Approaches to Scenes with Commingled Evidence.- Commingled Remains and Human Rights Investigations: Challenges from the Field.- Anthropological Investigations of the Tri-State Crematorium Incident.- Approaches to Commingling Issues in Archeological Samples: A Case Study from Roman-Era Tombs in Greece.- Anthropologist Directed Triage: Three Distinct Mass Fatality Events Involving Fragmentation of Human Remains.- The Use of Radiology in Mass Fatality Events.- Detection of Commingling in Cremated Human Remains.- Models And Methods for Osteometric Sorting.- Patterns of Epiphyseal Union and Their Use in the Detection and Sorting of Commingled Remains.- How Many People? Determining the Number of Individuals Represented by Commingled Human Remains.

• ISBN: 978-1-58829-769-3
• Editorial: Humana
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 310
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés