The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology by Passalacqua, Nicholas V.; Pilloud, Marin A.;

Short description:

This handbook?is a definitive and comprehensive overview of forensic anthropology. It brings together scholars and practitioners from across the social sciences, life sciences, and medical and legal professions to establish emerging methods, key concepts and ideas, and outline an agenda for research and practice for the next decade.

Long description:

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.

Table of Contents:

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 ?o?tari? 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
Eug?nia Cunha, Eric Baccino, Cristina Cattaneo, and Pascal Adalian

44 Current Status of Forensic Anthropology in the UK
Nicholas M?rquez-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, Jos? Augusto Saravia Yataco, Albertina Ortega-Palma, Ad?n Hern?ndez, 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