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      Forensic Human Identification book

      An Introduction

      Forensic Human Identification

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      Forensic Human Identification book

      An Introduction
      Edited ByTim Thompson, Sue Black
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2006
      eBook Published 14 November 2006
      Pub. Location Boca Raton
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420005714
      Pages 544
      eBook ISBN 9780429245213
      Subjects Humanities, Social Sciences
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      Thompson, T., & Black, S. (Eds.). (2006). Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420005714

      ABSTRACT

      Identity theft, criminal investigations of the dead or missing, mass disasters both by natural causes and by criminal intent � with this as our day to day reality, the establishment and verification of human identity has never been more important or more prominent in our society. Maintaining and protecting the integrity of out identity has reached

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |2 pages

      Part A. Biological Indicators and Methods of Determination

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 1. Identification from Biomolecular Evidence

      chapter 1|24 pages

      DNA

      chapter 2|26 pages

      Stable Isotope Fingerprinting — Chemical Element “DNA”?

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 2. Identification from Latent Prints

      chapter 3|16 pages

      Fingerprints

      chapter 4|12 pages

      Earprints

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 3. Identification from the Soft Tissues

      chapter 5|12 pages

      Physical Appearance

      chapter 6|14 pages

      Soft Tissue Pathology

      chapter 7|14 pages

      Soft Tissue Trauma

      chapter 8|20 pages

      Surgical Intervention

      chapter 9|28 pages

      Hair and Nail

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 4. Identification from the Hard Tissues

      chapter 10|22 pages

      Odontology

      chapter 11|22 pages

      Osteology

      chapter 12|8 pages

      Radiography

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 5. Facial Identification

      chapter 13|26 pages

      Facial Anthropology and Reconstruction

      chapter 14|14 pages

      Facial Recognition and Imagery Analysis

      chapter 15|16 pages

      Identifying Persons by Their Iris Patterns

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 6. Identification from Methods of Communication

      chapter 16|12 pages

      Handwriting

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 7. Identification from Podiatry and Walking

      chapter 17|18 pages

      The Foot

      chapter 18|22 pages

      Footwear Marks

      chapter 19|20 pages

      Gait

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 8. Identification from Personal Effects

      chapter 20|14 pages

      Personal Effects

      chapter 21|22 pages

      Body Modification

      chapter |2 pages

      Part B THE CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF FORENSIC HUMAN IDENTIFICATION

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 9. The Context of Forensic Human Identification

      chapter 22|10 pages

      Identity Fraud and Theft

      ByNatasha Semmens

      chapter 23|10 pages

      Biometric Identity Cards

      ByTim Thompson

      chapter 24|20 pages

      Missing Persons in the United Kingdom

      ByTeri Blythe Sophie Woodforde

      chapter 25|12 pages

      Crimes against Humanity and Other War Crimes

      ByHelena Ranta Kari T. Takamaa

      chapter |2 pages

      Section 10. Forensic Human Identification Case Studies

      chapter 26|14 pages

      The Rolex Murder, Southwest England

      ByPhilip Sincock

      chapter 27|12 pages

      The “Adam” Case, London

      ByWill O’Reilly

      chapter 28|16 pages

      The World Trade Center — September 11, 2001

      ByGaille MacKinnon Amy Z. Mundorff
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