| Description |
xxvi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introducing Forensic Anthropology / Dawnie Wolfe Steadman -- Sect. I. Personal Identification and Legal Considerations of Forensic Anthropology Casework in the United States -- Ch. 2. The Herring Case - An Outlier / Karen Ramey Burns -- Ch. 3. Multidisciplinary Approach to Human Identification in Homicide Investigation: A Case Study from New York / Douglas H. Ubelaker, Mary Jumbelic, Mark Wilson and E. Mark Levinsohn -- Ch. 4. Urban Anthropology: Case Studies from the New York City Medical Examiner's Office / Amy Zelson Mundorff -- Ch. 5. Multiple Points of Similarity / Dawnie Wolfe Steadman and Lyle W. Konigsberg -- Ch. 6. Trials in Court: The Forensic Anthropologist Takes the Stand / Kenneth A. R. Kennedy -- Sect. II. Search and Recovery -- Ch. 7. Love Lost and Gone Forever / David M. Glassman -- Ch. 8. Unusual "Crime" Scenes: The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Recovering and Identifying American MIAs / Robert W. Mann, Bruce E. Anderson, Thomas D. Holland, David R. Rankin and Johnie E. Webb, Jr. -- Ch. 9. The Contributions of Archaeology and Physical Anthropology to the John McRae Case / Norman J. Sauer, William A. Lovis, Mark E. Blumer and Jennifer Fillion -- Sect. III. Interpretation of Trauma and Taphonomy -- Ch. 10. Look until You See: Identification of Trauma in Skeletal Material / O. C. Smith, Elayne J. Pope and Steven A. Symes -- Ch. 11. The Interface of Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Pathology in Trauma Interpretation / Douglas H. Ubelaker and John E. Smialek -- Ch. 12. Taphonomy and Time: Estimating the Postmortem Interval / Jennifer C. Love and Murray K. Marks -- Ch. 13. The Skull on the Lawn: Trophies, Taphonomy, and Forensic Anthropology / P. Willey and Paulette Leach -- Ch. 14. A Death in Paradise: Human Remains Scavenged by a Shark / Bruce E. Anderson, Anthony Manoukian, Thomas D. Holland and William E. Grant -- Sect. IV. Analytical Techniques in Forensic Anthropology -- Ch. 15. Mitochondrial DNA: Solving the Mystery of Anna Anderson / Terry Melton -- Ch. 16. The Pawn Shop Mummified Head: Discriminating among Forensic, Historic, and Ancient Contexts / Dawnie Wolfe Steadman -- Ch. 17. An Incidental Finding / H. Gill-King -- Ch. 18. Small Bones of Contention / Sam D. Stout -- Sect. V. Applications of Forensic Anthropology -- Ch. 19. Corpi Aquaticus: The Hardin Cemetery Flood of 1993 / Paul S. Sledzik and Allison Webb Willcox -- Ch. 20. Planes, Trains, and Fireworks: The Evolving Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in Mass Fatality Incidents / Frank P. Saul and Julie Mather Saul -- Ch. 21. Science Contextualized: The Identification of a U.S. MIA of the Vietnam War from Two Perspectives / Ann Webster Bunch and Colleen Carney Shine -- Ch. 22. Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights: The Argentine Experience / Mercedes Doretti and Clyde C. Snow |
| Summary |
"An essential addition to any forensics course, this volume of case studies describes both innovative approaches and practical experiences in this dynamic field. It provides students with a strong sense of the types of cases with which forensic anthropologists become involved - as well as their professional and ethical responsibilities - and it demonstrates the truly multidisciplinary nature of the science."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Forensic anthropology -- Case studies.
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Forensic osteology -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe.
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| LC no. |
2002012660 |
| ISBN |
0130305677 |
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