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Compiles some of the best practices of policies, procedures, and protocols of different laboratories across the world. This book considers physical plant demands, equipment needs, staffing, ethical issues, and the process of certification with the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.

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Presenting a rare glimpse into the various laboratories that involve forensic anthropology, The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory reveals the ways in which anthropologists document, process, and collect data for academic research and practical and legal applications, including time of death, trauma analyses, and the identification of unknown human remains.Drawing from a wide range of sources, the book begins with detailed descriptions of how body donations are received and processed. It includes extraordinary photos documenting the steps taken to ensure that each body part is tracked from the moment it is received through the decomposition and skeletonization processes. Dr. David Hunt, of the Smithsonian Institution, discusses destructive analysis, diagnostic imaging, casting, and all types of anthroposcopic and anthropometric data collection methods. The book also compares the duties of full-time forensic anthropologists in a medical examiner's office with their academic counterparts, discussing staffing, physical plant concerns, field recovery procedures, and laboratory processing. It stresses the variety of required skills, including fingerprinting and other trace evidence procedures, and highlights casework examples from FACES, illustrating the technology used to establish identifications through facial reconstruction, photographic superimposition, and age progression. Using examples from the World Trade Center, Hurricane Katrina, and the Asian Tsunami disasters, the book examines the roles of forensic anthropologists and pathologists as mass fatality responders. It discusses practical issues and explains how and where the mobile disaster morgue can be used, including morgue floor plans and equipment.A one-of-a-kind survey of a variety of forensic anthropology laboratories, the editors provide an insider's view of functioning laboratories as reported by some of the most respected and prolific anthropologists in clinical, research, and academic settings.

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Presenting a rare glimpse into the various laboratories that involve forensic anthropology, The Forensic Anthropology Laboratoryreveals the ways in which anthropologists document, process, and collect data for academic research and practical and legal applications, including time of death, trauma analyses, and the identification of unknown human remains. Drawing from a wide range of sources, the book begins with detailed descriptions of how body donations are received and processed. It includes extraordinary photos documenting the steps taken to ensure that each body part is tracked from the moment it is received through the decomposition and skeletonization processes. Dr. David Hunt, of the Smithsonian Institution, discusses destructive analysis, diagnostic imaging, casting, and all types of anthroposcopic and anthropometric data collection methods. The book also compares the duties of full-time forensic anthropologists in a medical examiner's office with their academic counterparts, discussing staffing, physical plant concerns, field recovery procedures, and laboratory processing. It stresses the variety of required skills, including fingerprinting and other trace evidence procedures, and highlights casework examples from FACES, illustrating the technology used to establish identifications through facial reconstruction, photographic superimposition, and age progression. Using examples from the World Trade Center, Hurricane Katrina, and the Asian Tsunami disasters, the book examines the roles of forensic anthropologists and pathologists as mass fatality responders. It discusses practical issues and explains how and where the mobile disaster morgue can be used, including morgue floor plans and equipment. A one-of-a-kind survey of a variety of forensic anthropology laboratories, the editors provide an insider's view of functioning laboratories as reported by some of the most respected and prolific anthropologists in clinical, research, and academic settings.

Author Biography

Michael W. Warren, Heather A. Walsh-Haney, Laurel Freas

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Anthropology Research Facility, University of Tennessee. The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory in a Medical Examiner Setting. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory. The University of Indianapolis Archeology & Forensics Laboratory. The Mass Fatality Incident Morgue: A Laboratory for Disaster Victim Identification. The Repatriation Osteology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution. History and Collections of the Division of Physical Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. The LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Laboratory. The Working Forensic Anthropology Laboratory.

Long Description

While other books cover general topics and various subsets of forensic anthropology, this one-of-a-kind reference compiles the best practices of policies, procedures, and protocols of different laboratories across the world. This book brings together experts in every aspect of forensic anthropology to consider physical plant demands, equipment needs, staffing, ethical issues, and the process of certification with the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. With examples of implementation, The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory also provides discussion of proven methods in skeletal preparation, laboratory flow, and specimen curation including processing logs and sample forms.

Details ISBN0849323207 Short Title FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY LAB Language English ISBN-10 0849323207 ISBN-13 9780849323201 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2008 Imprint CRC Press Inc Country of Publication United States Edited by Michael W. Warren Edition 1st Place of Publication Bosa Roca Affiliation University of Florida, Gainesville, USA DOI 10.1604/9780849323201 AU Release Date 2008-05-09 NZ Release Date 2008-05-09 US Release Date 2008-05-09 UK Release Date 2008-05-09 Author Laurel Freas Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Publication Date 2008-05-09 DEWEY 614 Illustrations 5 Tables, black and white; 80 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 238 We've got this

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