The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-73222-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Routledge Anthropology Handbooks

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology is a definitive and comprehensive overview of forensic anthropology to date. It brings together scholars and practitioners from across the social sciences, life sciences, and medical and legal professions to establish emerging methods, highlight key concepts and ideas, and outline an agenda for research and practice for the next decade. Topics covered include:

- History of the field

- Qualifications, competencies, and accreditation in academic & applied fields

- Human Remains Collections

- Search and Recovery

- Identification

- Sex Estimation & Population Affinity

- Genetics

- Commingled Remains

- Trauma

- Taphonomy

- Ethics & Activism

- Global and Regional differences

This is a crucial reference for scholars, upper-level students, and practitioners in forensic anthropology and related disciplines associated across the social sciences, life sciences, health sciences, forensic sciences, and legal professions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, Professional Training, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Passalacqua, Nicholas V.

Pilloud, Marin A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Anatomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Foundations and History of Forensic Anthropology  1. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology  2. A History of Forensic Anthropology  3. Standardization of Qualifications and Professionalism for Forensic Anthropology Practitioners  4. Forensic Anthropology and Evolutionary Theory  5. Forensic Anthropology and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology  6. Forensic Anthropology within the Medical Examiner/Coroner System  7. Forensic Anthropology and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency  8. Forensic Bioarchaeology  9. Forensic Anthropology and Expert Witness Testimony in the United States  10. Overview of Human Skeletal Collections  11.Quality Assurance Planning for the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory  12. Training in Forensic Anthropology  Part II. Forensic Archaeology  13. Forensic Archaeology, Forensic Taphonomy, and Outdoor Crime Scene Reconstruction  14. Best Practices for Employing Photogrammetry to Document Scenes Involving Skeletal Remains on the Ground Surface  Part III. Laboratory Analyses  15. Subadult Sex Estimation and OnSEt: The Ontogenetic Subadult Sex Estimation System  16. Adult Sex Estimation  17. Subadult Age Estimation  18. Skeletal and Dental Methods for Adult Age Estimation  19. Stature Estimation  20. Estimating Population Affinity and Ancestry in Forensic Anthropology: An Overview  21. Commingled Skeletal Remains: Resolution Efforts from the Field to the Laboratory  22. The Importance of the Biological Profile from the Vantage Point of Accuracy, Potential Harm, and Relevance in the Current Age  Part IV. Identification  23. Methods of Personal Identification in Forensic Anthropology  24. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis for Geolocation in Forensic Anthropology  25. Addressing Identification Hypotheses Utilizing Genetic Technologies  26. The Use of Computed Tomography in Positive Identification Part V. Trauma  27. A Practical Guide to the Identification and Interpretation of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone  28. Blunt Trauma and Fractography  29. High Velocity Projectile Trauma  Part VI. Taphonomy  30. The Taphonomy of Burned Human Remains  31. Current Perspective on Postmortem Interval Estimation in Forensic Anthropology  32. Taphonomic Effects Encountered in Forensic Anthropology Cases: Burial, Terrestrial Surface, and Marine Environments  33. Modern Forensic Significance Assessments: A Cautionary Tale from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Anthropology Division  Part VII. Forensic Anthropology as a Humanitarian Discipline  34. Death Investigation and Medicolgeal Systems in the United States: How Forensic Anthropology Fits into the Broader Medicolegal Death Investigation System  35. Ethical Practice in Forensic Anthropology  36. Advocacy, Activism, and Forensic Anthropology as Engaged Anthropology  37. Vicarious Trauma and Forensic Anthropology  38. Sociocultural Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology  39. The Role of NamUs in Forensic Anthropology  Part VIII. Global Approaches to Forensic Anthropology  40. The International Committee of the Red Cross's Forensic Unit and Humanitarian Forensic Anthropology  41. The Mandate of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)  42. The Application of Forensic Anthropology in the Identification Process of Missing Persons from a Post-Conflict Context: The Humanitarian Project of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus  43. FASE: Shaping the Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Anthropology in Europe  44. Current Status of Forensic Anthropology in the UK  45. Forensic Anthropology in Latin America: A Critical Reassessment of its Current Epistemological Boundaries

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas V. Passalacqua is Associate Professor and Director of the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory at The Ohio State University. He is the current editor of Forensic Anthropology and has served as vice president of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Chair of the Anthropology Consensus Body of the American Academy of Forensic Science Standards Board, and the co-Chair of the Anthropology Subcommittee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees.

Marin A. Pilloud is Professor in the anthropology department at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, as president of the Dental Anthropology Association, and chair of the anthropology section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.