The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology

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

Buch, Englisch, 848 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 and applied fields
• Human remains collections
• Search and recovery
• Identification
• Sex estimation and population affinity
• Genetics
• Commingled remains
• Trauma
• Taphonomy
• Ethics and 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 Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Anatomie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Foundations and History of Forensic Anthropology

1 Introduction to Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology

Marin A. Pilloud and Nicholas V. Passalacqua

2 A History of Forensic Anthropology

Katharine E. Kolpan

3 Standardization of Qualifications and Professionalism for Forensic Anthropology Practitioners

Donna C. Boyd

4 Forensic Anthropology and Evolutionary Theory

An-Di Yim, Allysha Powanda Winburn, and Michala K. Stock

5 Forensic Anthropology and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology

Heather M. Garvin, Erin B. Waxenbaum, Wendy Potter McQuade, MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, Deborrah C. Pinto, Denise To, and Natalie R. Langley

6 Forensic Anthropology within the Medical Examiner/ Coroner System

Andrew Seidel

7 Forensic Anthropology and the Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency

Laura Cirillo, Brittany S. Walter, Kristen Grow, and Emily K. Wilson

8 Forensic Bioarchaeology

Megan van den Berg

9 Forensic Anthropology and Expert Witness Testimony in the United States

Kate M. Lesciotto

10 Overview of Legacy Anatomical Skeletal Collections

Christine A. Baile and Alysha Lieurance

11 Quality Assurance Planning for the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory

Vincent Sava

12 Training in Forensic Anthropology

Christine M. Pink

PART II: Forensic Archaeology
13 Forensic Archaeology, Forensic Taphonomy, and Outdoor Crime Scene Reconstruction

Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Luis L. Cabo, Joe Adserias Garriga, and Andrea M. Zurek-Ost

14 Best Practices for Employing Photogrammetry to Document Scenes Involving Skeletal Remains on the Ground Surface

Morgan J. Ferrell, Caroline C. Jasiak, and John J. Schultz

PART III: Laboratory Analyses

15 Subadult Sex Estimation and OnSEt: The Ontogenetic Subadult Sex Estimation System

Stephanie J. Cole

16 Adult Sex Estimation

Kaleigh C. Best and Kate M. Lesciotto

17 Subadult Age Estimation

Valerie Sgheiza and An-Di Yim

18 Skeletal and Dental Methods for Adult Age Estimation

Allyson M. Simon, Conner I. Gayagoy, and Mark Hubbe

19 Stature Estimation

Rebecca J. Taylor

20 Estimating Population Affinity and Ancestry in Forensic Anthropology: An Overview

Joseph T. Hefner, Laura Cirillo, Rhian R. Dunn, Savannah R. Holcombe, Amelia Konda-Harper, Holly Long, and Alexis L. VanBaarle

21 Commingled Skeletal Remains: Resolution Efforts from the Field to the Laboratory

Andrea Palmiotto and Heli Maijanen

22 The Importance of the Biological Profile from the Vantage Point of Accuracy, Potential Harm, and Relevance in the Current Age

Chelsey Juarez, An-Di Yim, and Cris E. Hughes

PART IV: Identification

23 Methods of Personal Identification in Forensic Anthropology

Marin A. Pilloud, Timothy P. Gocha, Carolyn V. Isaac, and Jennifer F. Byrnes

24 The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis for Geolocation in Forensic Anthropology

Lesley A. Chesson, Gregory E. Berg, Michael W. Kenyhercz, and Michael P. Richards

25 Addressing Identification Hypotheses Utilizing Genetic Technologies

Krista E. Latham, Nicole R. Clayton, and Lillian T. Bucher

26 The Use of Computed Tomography in Positive Identification

Timothy P. Gocha, Angela K. Berg, Carlos J. Zambrano, and Sara M. Getz

PART V: Trauma

27 A Practical Guide to the Identification and Interpretation of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone

Erin N. Chapman and Christopher W. Rainwater

28 Blunt Trauma and Fractography

Mariyam Isa

29 High Velocity Projectile Trauma

Rachael McCrary and Nicholas V. Passalacqua

PART VI: Taphonomy

30 The Taphonomy of Burned Human Remains

Elayne Pope, Alison Galloway, and Chelsey Juarez

31 Current Perspectives on Postmortem Interval Estimation in Forensic Anthropology

Madeline M. Atwell and Katherine E. Weisensee

32 Taphonomic Effects Encountered in Forensic Anthropology Cases: Burial, Terrestrial Surface, and Marine Environments

James T. Pokines and Jade S. De La Paz

33 Modern Forensic Significance Assessments: A Cautionary Tale from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Anthropology Division

Sara M. Getz, Carlos J. Zambrano, Angela K. Berg, and Timothy P. Gocha

PART VII: Forensic Anthropology as a Humanitarian Discipline

34 Death Investigation and Medicolegal Systems in the United States: How Forensic Anthropology Fits into the Broader Medicolegal Death Investigation System

MariaTeresa A. Tersigni- Tarrant, Lindsay Trammell, and Nicole L. Healy

35 Ethical Practice in Forensic Anthropology

Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Marin A. Pilloud, and Derek Congram

36 Advocacy, Activism, and Forensic Anthropology as Engaged Anthropology

Sadie Friend, Taylor Lambrigger, and Nicholas V. Passalacqua

37 Vicarious Trauma and Forensic Anthropology

Justin Z. Goldstein and Helen S. Alesbury

38 Sociocultural Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology

Robin C. Reineke

39 The Role of NamUs in Forensic Anthropology

Katharine C. Pope, Lori E. Bruski, and Heather E. McKiernan

PART VIII: Global Approaches to Forensic Anthropology

40 The International Committee of the Red Cross’s Forensic Unit and Humanitarian Forensic Anthropology

Kelly R Kamnikar, Popi Chrysostomou, Derek C. Benedix, Jane A Taylor, and Pierre Guyomarc’h

41 The Mandate of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP)

Sandra Šoštaric and Nicole Lambacher

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

Theodora Eleftheriou, Alexandra Mouski, and Aikaterini Papaioannou

43 FASE: Shaping the Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Anthropology in Europe

Eugénia Cunha, Eric Baccino, Cristina Cattaneo, and Pascal Adalian

44 Current Status of Forensic Anthropology in the UK

Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Julie A. Roberts, Sarah T.D. Ellingham, Rachael Carew, Amber Collings, Helen Langstaff, Satu Valoriani, and Micol Zuppello

45 Forensic Anthropology in Latin America: A Critical Reassessment of Its Current Epistemological Boundaries
Roberto C. Parra, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Luis Fondebrider, Gonzalo Garizoain, Claudia Aranda, Digna M. Vigo- Corea, Lucio A. Condori, Joe Adserias Garriga, José Augusto Saravia Yataco, Albertina Ortega-Palma, Adán Hernández, Georgina Pacheco, Daniel Castellanos, Paulo Miamoto, Melina Calmon, Daniela Fernandoy, Ivana Wolff, Fredy Peccerelli, Claudia Rivera, Jose Pablo Baraybar, Eric Bartelink, Stephany Damarys Miraval Choque, and Leandro Luna

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 nd has served as vice president of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Chair of he 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.