Craniofacial Identification in Forensic Medicine

by Clement, John G.; Ranson, David L.

• ISBN13: 9780340607596
• ISBN10: 0340607599
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-30
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Post-mortem identification of skeletal remains depends heavily on dentition and the identification of the skull. This book considers the various methods of identification describing the ways in which such methods may be integrated with other approaches for establishing identity. Video superimposition, radiographic and photographic superimposition, as well as computer and artist based modelling of faces from facial remains has led to rapid improvements in the techniques available for human facial identification. This book considers these issues together with legal, social, and psychological implications of their use. The specialist areas covered will be of particular benefit to forensic scientists as well as lawyers and law enforcement personnel. The book will also be an invaluabe source of reference to craniofacial surgeons, coroners (medical examiners), archaeologists, and students from a wide range of medical, legal, and scientific disciplines.

Table of Contents

Contributors	v	(1)
Foreword	vii	(2)
Preface	ix	(2)
Acknowledgements	xi
PART 1 Principles	3	(82)
1. Craniofacial identification	3	(6)
JG Clement
DL Ranson
2. Management of the scene and forensic evidence	9	(16)
MA Raymond
WJ Ashley
3. The autopsy in human identification	25	(12)
DL Ranson
4. Craniofacial anatomy	37	(12)
CA Briggs
M Martakis
5. Anthropological assessment	49	(14)
CA Briggs
6. Dental identification	63	(22)
JG Clement
PART 2 Techniques	85	(118)
7. Preservation, restoration and duplication of remains	85	(10)
PJG Craig
JL Leditschke
RG Taylor
8. Craniofacial dissection	95	(10)
DL Ranson
9. Scene photography	105	(18)
K Byrne
10. Photography of remains	123	(14)
A Henham
11. Craniofacial photography in the living	137	(14)
T Dobrostanski
CD Owen
12. Superimposition techniques	151	(14)
JA Taylor
KA Brown
13. Quantification of facial shape and form	165	(12)
CDL Thomas
14. Facial reconstruction and approximation	177	(10)
RG Taylor
C Angel
15. Computer modelling of facial form	187	(16)
A Linney
AM Coombes
PART 3 The changing face	203	(32)
16. Growth of children's faces	203	(22)
SA Feik
JE Glover
17. Age changes to the face in adulthood	225	(10)
R Neave
PART 4 Medico-legal issues	235	(32)
18. Forensic `art' in human identification	235	(10)
W Haglund
19. Reporting and presentation of evidence	245	(12)
DL Ranson
20. Identification and the law	257	(10)
I Freckelton
Appendixes	267	(30)
Appendix I Recovery of remains	267	(6)
CA Briggs
WB Wood
Appendix II Packaging of evidence	273	(2)
MA Raymond
WJ Ashley
Appendix III Commonly used dental charts	275	(4)
DH Clark
E Dykes
Appendix IV Chronology of dental development	279	(4)
E Dykes
DH Clark
Appendix V Laboratory materials	283	(4)
JL Leditschke
RG Taylor
CJ Scane
Appendix VI Guides for post mortem cranial radiography	287	(4)
JG Clement
Appendix VII Guides and checklists for medico-legal reports	291	(6)
DL Ranson
Glossary	297	(2)
Index	299