Physical and virtual sources of biological data in forensic anthropology: Considerations relative to practitioner and/or judicial requirements
Abstrak
Abstract The ways in which biological data specific to the human skeleton are acquired have, and continue, to evolve in response to ethical concerns and fundamental technological developments. The traditional reliance on the study of physical skeletal remains that is deeply rooted in the history of physical and forensic anthropology is increasingly being supplemented by data acquired from virtual modalities, including (but not limited to) digital X-rays and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). This chapter provides a succinct introduction to the physical and virtual sources of biological data utilized in forensic anthropological research by considering the current use of extant repositories of human skeletal remains. The specific modality employed, whether physical and/or virtual, is associated with inherent complexities and limitations that determine whether the derived data are judicially admissible and/or optimized for implementation into routine forensic practice; these are also accordingly described and discussed.
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D. Franklin
S. Blau
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- 2020
- Bahasa
- en
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- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1016/b978-0-12-815764-0.00008-3
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- Open Access ✓