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Provides comprehensive coverage of everything that students and practitioners need to know about working in the field of forensic anthropologyForensic anthropology has been plagued by questions of scientific validity and rigor despite its acceptance as a section in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences nearly half a century ago. Critics have viewed it as a laboratory-based applied subfield of biological anthropology, and characterised it as emphasising methodology over theory. This book shows that these views are not only antiquated, but inadequate and inaccurate.Forensic Anthropology: Theoretical Framework and Scientific Basis introduces readers to all of the theoretical and scientific foundations of forensic anthropology — beginning with how it was influenced by the early theoretical approaches of Tyler, Morgan, Spencer and Darwin. It instructs on how modern forensic science relies on an interdisciplinary approach — with research being conducted in the fields of archaeology, physics, geology and other disciplines. This modern approach to theory in forensic anthropology is presented through the introduction and discussion of Foundational, Interpretive and Methodological theories. Sections cover: Bias and Objectivity in Forensic Anthropology Theory and Practice; The Theory and Science Behind Biological Profile and Personal Identification; Scientific Foundation for Interpretations of Antemortem, Perimortem, and Postmortem Processes; and Interdisciplinary Influences, Legal Ramifications and Future Directions. Illustrates important aspects of the theory building process and reflects methods for strengthening the scientific framework of forensic anthropology as a disciplineInspired by the “Application of Theory to Forensic Anthropology” symposium presented at the 67th annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic SciencesChapters written by experts in the field who were presenters at the symposiumForensic Anthropology: Theoretical Framework and Scientific Basis is ideal for university courses in anthropological science, forensic science, criminal science and forensic archaeology.
Forensic Skeletal Trauma
Scientific Foundation and Guide to Professional Practice
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 625 kr
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Forensic Skeletal Trauma provides forensic practitioners with an illustrated manual for accurate and appropriate analyses of human skeletal trauma. Based on current anthropological, biomedical, and biomechanical research as well as recent national standards for trauma analysis developed by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Academy Standards Board (ASB) and NIST’s Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC), it provides practitioners with practical guidelines for documenting, describing, interpreting, and reporting both antemortem and acute (“perimortem”) skeletal trauma in a forensic anthropological and/or biomedical context. Summaries of the most current trauma research, supported by macro, micro, radiological, and other images, will provide practitioners with a definitive reference for differentiating trauma from other (e.g., pathological and postmortem) evidence and assist them with accurate reconstructions of the context of these traumatic events. It will also guide them in determining trauma timing and mechanism and variables which affect them, and provide advice for accurate reporting and testimony about trauma in the courtroom. In sum, it will serve as the definitive resource for human skeletal trauma analysis for forensic practitioners.