Forensic Anthropology

<p>Section 1. Overview</p> <p>Forensic Anthropology: An Introduction</p> <p>History of Forensic Anthropology</p> <p>Principles of Forensic Science</p> <p>Transfer</p> <p>Interpretation/The Comparative Method</p> <p>Forensic Classification of Evidence</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 2. Taphonomy</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Animal Effects on Bones</p> <p>Forensic Taphonomy</p> <p>Postmortem Interval</p> <p>Early and Late Postmortem Changes</p> <p>Estimation of the Time Since Death</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 3. Recovery</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Archeology</p> <p>Packaging</p> <p>Preservation</p> <p>Recording</p> <p>Recovery of Human Remains</p> <p>Collection and Chain of Evidence</p> <p>Contamination</p> <p>Principles for the Organization of Forensic Support</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 4. Analysis</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Species: Human versus Nonhuman</p> <p>Sexing</p> <p>Aging the Dead and the Living</p> <p>Stature and Build</p> <p>Ancestry</p> <p>Forensic Age Estimation</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 5. Pathology</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Bone Pathology and Antemortem Trauma</p> <p>Biomechanics of Bone Trauma</p> <p>Bone Trauma</p> <p>Blunt Injury</p> <p>Sharp Trauma</p> <p>Gunshot Wounds</p> <p>Torture</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 6. Identification</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Identification of the Living</p> <p>Facial Approximation</p> <p>Personal Identification in Forensic Anthropology</p> <p>Odontology</p> <p>Disaster Victim Identification</p> <p>The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)</p> <p>Identification</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 7. Statistics and Interpretation</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>The Frequentist Approach to Forensic Evidence Interpretation</p> <p>Statistical Interpretation of Evidence: Bayesian Analysis</p> <p>Forensic Intelligence</p> <p>Forensic Intelligence Analysis</p> <p>Standard Methods</p> <p>Measurement Uncertainty</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p> <p>Section 8. Professional Topics</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Crime Scene to Court</p> <p>Expert Witness Qualifications and Testimony</p> <p>Forensic Laboratory Reports</p> <p>Legal Aspects of Forensic Science</p> <p>Health and Safety</p> <p>Ethics</p> <p>Key Terms</p> <p>Review Questions</p> <p>Discussion Questions</p>