Hard Evidence (eBook, ePUB)

Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology
Redaktion: Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe

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Produktbeschreibung

An essential supplement to a forensic anthropology text, this reader provides case studies that demonstrate innovative approaches and practical experiences in the field. The book provides both introductory and advanced students with a strong sense of the cases that forensic anthropologists become involved, along with their professional and ethical responsibilities, the scientific rigor required, and the multidisciplinary nature of the science. For courses in Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317347958
• Artikelnr.: 43590985

Autorenporträt

Dawnie Wolfe Steadman is the Director of the Forensic Anthropology Center and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and has been a professor at Iowa State University and Binghamton University, SUNY. Her research interests are in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. She has conducted excavations and skeletal analyses of several historic and prehistoric archaeological sites in Illinois, Iowa, and New York. Dr. Steadman is particularly interested in paleopathology, population genetic modeling of past populations, and the application of forensic anthropology to human rights investigations.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I    Personal Identification : Theory and Applications Chapter
1      The Marty Miller Case: Introducing Forensic Anthropology Dawnie
Wolfe Steadman and Steven A. Andersen Chapter 2      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 Chapter 3      The Herring Case-An Outlier Karen Ramey Burns
Chapter 4      An Incidental Finding H. Gill-King Chapter 5      Science
Contextualized: The Identification of a U.S. MIA of the Vietnam War from
Two Perspectives  Ann Webster Bunch and Colleen Carney Shine Section II    
Legal Considerations of Forensic Anthropology Casework in the United States
Chapter 6      Multiple Points of
Similarity                                                                                          
Dawnie Wolfe Steadman and Lyle W. Konigsberg Chapter 7      The Influence
of the Daubert Guidelines on Anthropological Methods of Scientific
Identification in the Medical Examiner Setting Jason Wiersema, Jennifer C.
Love and L. Gill Naul Chapter 8      A Forensic Analysis of Human Remains
from a Historic Conflict in North Dakota Stephen Ousley and R. Eric
Hollinger Section III    Applications of Archaeology Chapter 9      Love
Lost and Gone Forever David M. Glassman Chapter 10    The Contributions of
Archaeology and Physical Anthropology to the John McRae Case Norman J.
Sauer, William A. Lovis, Mark E. Blumer, and Jennifer Fillion Chapter 11   
Unusual "Crime" Scenes: The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Recovering and
Identifying American MIAs   108 Robert W. Mann, Bruce E. Anderson, Thomas
D. Holland, and Johnie E. Webb, Jr. Chapter 12    Forensic Recoveries of
U.S. War Dead and the Effects of Taphonomy and Other Site-Altering
Processes James T. Pokines Section IV    Interpretation of Taphonomy and
Trauma Chapter 13    Taphonomy and Time: Estimating the Postmortem Interval
Murray K. Marks, Jennifer C. Love and Ian R. Dadour Chapter 14    The Skull
on the Lawn: Trophies, Taphonomy, and Forensic Anthropology P. Willey and
Paulette Leach Chapter 15    Look until You See: Identification of Trauma
in Skeletal Material O. C. Smith, Elayne J. Pope, and Steven A. Symes
Chapter 16    Forensic Osteology of Child Abuse Murray K. Marks, Kerriann
Marden and Darinka Mileusnic Chapter 17    The Interface of Forensic
Anthropology and Forensic Pathology in Trauma Interpretation Douglas H.
Ubelaker and John E. Smialek Section V      Analytical Techniques in
Forensic Anthropology Chapter 18    Mitochondrial DNA: Solving the Mystery
of Anna Anderson Terry Melton Chapter 19    Small Bones of Contention Sam
D. Stout Chapter 20    Approaches to Facial Reproduction and Photographic
Superimposition Douglas H. Ubelaker Chapter 21    The Pawn Shop Mummified
Head: Discriminating among Forensic, Historic, and Ancient Contexts Dawnie
Wolfe Steadman Section VI    Applications of Forensic Anthropology Chapter
22    Corpi Aquaticus: The Hardin Cemetery Flood of 1993 Paul S. Sledzik
and Allison Webb Willcox Chapter 23    DISASTER VICTIM RECOVERY AND
IDENTIFICATION: Forensic anthropology in the aftermath of September 11 PAUL
S. SLEDZIK, DENNIS DIRKMAAT, ROBERT W. MANN, THOMAS D. HOLLAND, AMY Z.
MUNDORFF, BRADLEY ADAMS, CHRISTIAN CROWDER, AND FRANK DEPAOLO Chapter 24   
Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights: The Argentine Experience   290
Mercedes Doretti and Clyde C. Snow Chapter 25       A Mass Grave in
Argentina: The San Vicente Cemetery in Córdoba Darío Olmo, Anahí Ginarte,
Claudia Bisso, Mercedes Salado Puerto, Luis Fondebrider Index