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almahu_9949606753402882
Format:
1 online resource (380 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-12-819395-6
Content:
"Methodological and Technological Advances in Death Investigations: Application and Case Studies focuses on advancements in both methods and technology in death investigations. Specifically, in the areas of latent fingerprints, facial recognition, wildlife forensics, using aerial vehicles and 3D-ID. The combination of national and international authors and a discussion of the state of forensic science over a decade after the National Academies 2009 Report, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward, further highlights the boundaries, limitations and context in which these newer technologies and applications act synergistically to enhance forensic science." --
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Front Cover -- Methodological and Technological Advances in Death Investigations -- Methodological and Technological Advances in Death Investigations: Application and Case Studies -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 - Crime scene investigations response to the NAS report of 2009 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Crime scene investigations -- 3. OSAC response to the NAS report -- 3.1 OSAC organizational structure -- 4. Forensic document examination and other forensic disciplines -- 5. Crime laboratories response to the NAS report -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 2 - Techniques for processing porous and nonporous surfaces for latent friction ridge impressions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nonporous substrates -- 2.1 Cyanoacrylate ester (Fig. 2.1) -- 2.2 Ardrox (Fig. 2.2) -- 2.3 Basic Yellow 40 (Fig. 2.3) -- 2.4 MBD (Fig. 2.4) -- 2.5 RAY (Fig. 2.5) -- 2.6 Red-Yellow (Fig. 2.6) -- 2.7 Rhodamine 6G (Fig. 2.7) -- 2.8 Thenoyl europium chelate (Fig. 2.8) -- 2.9 White-Star (Fig. 2.9) -- 3. Nonporous substrates - Wet -- 3.1 Small particle reagent -- 3.2 Sudan Black -- 4. Porous substrates -- 4.1 Iodine fuming (Fig. 2.10) -- 4.2 DFO (1,8-diazafluoren-9-one) (Fig. 2.11) -- 4.3 Ninhydrin (Fig. 2.12) -- 4.4 1,2-indanedione (Fig. 2.13) -- 4.5 Physical developer -- 4.6 Silver nitrate -- 5. Porous substrates - Wet -- 5.1 Oil Red O (Fig. 2.14) -- 6. Adhesive -- 6.1 Crystal violet (gentian violet) -- 6.2 Adhesive-side powder -- 7. Blood search -- 7.1 Bluestar -- 7.2 Lumiscene -- 8. Blood enhancements -- 8.1 Acid Yellow 7 -- 8.2 Amido Black -- 8.3 Hungarian Red -- 8.4 Leuco crystal violet (LCV) -- 8.5 Phloxine B -- 9. Gun bluing -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- 3 - Artificial intelligence in forensic anthropology: State of the art and Skeleton-ID project -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Reconstructive techniques (profiling).
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1.2 Comparative techniques (individualization) -- 1.3 Decision-making (identification) -- 2. Artificial intelligence: Techniques and fundamentals -- 2.1 Computer vision -- 2.2 Machine learning -- 2.3 Soft computing -- 3. Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for forensic anthropology techniques -- 3.1 Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for biological profile estimation -- 3.1.1 Artificial intelligence approaches for sex estimation of skeletal structures -- 3.1.2 Artificial intelligence approaches for age estimation of skeletal structures -- 3.1.3 Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for sex and age estimation in facial images -- 3.2 Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for trauma and pathology -- 3.3 Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for comparative radiography -- 3.3.1 2D-2D approaches for comparative radiography -- 3.3.2 3D-2D approaches for comparative radiography -- 3.3.3 3D-3D approaches for comparative radiography -- 3.4 Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for craniofacial superimposition -- 3.4.1 Acquisition and processing of the materials -- 3.4.2 Skull-face overlay -- 3.4.3 Skull-face overlay assessment and decision-making -- 3.4.4 3D-3D computer-aided approaches for craniofacial superimposition -- 3.5 Overview of the existing artificial intelligence approaches for forensic facial approximation -- 4. Skeleton-ID: Artificial intelligence at the service of physical and forensic anthropology -- 4.1 Artificial intelligence in the craniofacial superimposition module -- 4.2 Artificial intelligence in the comparative radiography module -- 4.3 Artificial intelligence in the biological profile module -- 4.4 Future modules supported by artificial intelligence -- 5. Conclusion and discussion -- References.
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4 - A medicolegal approach to postmortem interval estimation -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Historical review of postmortem interval estimation methods -- 1.2 The importance of postmortem interval estimation in a medicolegal death investigation -- 2. Postmortem change and time since death determination -- 2.1 Autolysis and putrefaction -- 2.2 Vitreous humor -- 2.3 Rigor mortis -- 2.4 Livor mortis -- 2.5 Postmortem muscle excitability -- 3. Temperature-based methods -- 3.1 Algor mortis -- 3.2 Accumulated degree days -- 4. Artifacts of decomposition -- 4.1 General stages of decomposition -- 4.1.1 Fresh -- 4.1.2 Bloat/early decay -- 4.1.3 Active decay -- 4.1.4 Advanced decay -- 4.1.5 Dry remains -- 4.2 Progressive method index using total body score -- 5. New and novel research methods -- 5.1 RNA/DNA degradation -- 5.2 Microbiome -- 6. Limitations and application considerations -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 5 - Wildlife forensics: Osteology and DNA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparative osteology in identification -- 2.1 Macroscopic comparison of human versus faunal bone -- 2.2 Microscopic comparison of human versus faunal bone -- 3. DNA analysis in identification -- 3.1 Case studies -- 3.1.1 Case 1 -- 3.1.2 Case 2 -- 3.1.3 Case 3 -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 6 - Unmanned aerial systems for the search and documentation of clandestine human remains -- 1. Unmanned aerial systems/vehicles and regulations -- 2. Remote sensing -- 2.1 Sensor types -- 2.2 Structure from motion -- 2.3 Image processing and interpretation -- 3. Detection of surface human remains -- 4. Detection of buried human remains -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- 7 - The use of GIS for cases of comingling -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and methods -- 2.1 Using pigs as a proxy for humans -- 2.2 The research field site.
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2.3 Time lapse photography and aerial photographs -- 2.4 Excavation -- 2.5 Reassociation using GIS -- 2.5.1 Near 3D analysis -- 2.5.2 Hot Spot Analysis -- 2.6 Methods for control -- 2.6.1 Osteometric sorting -- 2.6.2 Visual pair matching -- 2.6.3 Time lapse photography -- 2.7 Results for reassociation using GIS -- 2.7.1 Near 3D analysis -- 2.7.2 Hot Spot Analysis -- 2.8 Discussion -- 2.8.1 Reassociations made with GIS -- 2.8.1.1 Near 3D analysis -- 2.8.1.1 Near 3D analysis -- 2.8.1.2 Hot Spot Analysis -- 2.8.1.2 Hot Spot Analysis -- 2.9 The mapping process -- 2.10 Limitations -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- 8 - Unidentified decedent investigation protocols -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Role of forensic anthropology in the identification process -- 3. Unidentified decedents in North Carolina -- 4. A unified approach to the investigation of unidentified remains using forensic anthropology -- 5. The importance of reanalyzing cold cases -- 6. Cold case re-evaluation example -- 6.1 Michael Joe Wesley Baker-year of discovery 2005 -- 6.2 Forensic anthropological analysis -- 6.2.1 Taphonomic alteration -- 6.2.2 Biological profile -- 6.2.3 Isotopic analysis -- 6.3 Forensic genetic genealogy -- 6.4 Identification and case resolution -- 6.5 Investigation -- References -- 9 - Forensic isotope provenancing for undocumented border crosser human remains: Application, overview, and case st ... -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The humanitarian issue at hand -- 1.2 Pima County office of the medical examiner (PCOME) and Operation Identification (OpID): Aiding the humanitarian crisis at t ... -- 1.3 Issues with DNA typing -- 2. Isotope principles and basics explained -- 2.1 Isotopic variation and fractionation -- 2.2 Overview of dietary, geolocation, and novel isotopes -- 2.2.1 Dietary isotopes -- 2.2.1.1 Carbon (C) -- 2.2.1.1 Carbon (C) -- 2.2.1.2 Nitrogen (N).
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2.2.1.2 Nitrogen (N) -- 2.2.1.3 Sulfur (S) -- 2.2.1.3 Sulfur (S) -- 2.2.2 Geolocation isotopes -- 2.2.2.1 Oxygen (O) -- 2.2.2.1 Oxygen (O) -- 2.2.2.2 Hydrogen (H) -- 2.2.2.2 Hydrogen (H) -- 2.2.2.3 Strontium (Sr) -- 2.2.2.3 Strontium (Sr) -- 2.2.2.4 Lead (pb) -- 2.2.2.4 Lead (pb) -- 2.2.3 Other isotopes -- 2.2.3.1 Neodymium (Nd) -- 2.2.3.1 Neodymium (Nd) -- 3. Skeletal elements commonly used for isotope analysis, turnover rates, and diagenesis -- 3.1 Bone structure, composition, and remodeling -- 3.2 Tooth enamel structure, composition, and remodeling -- 3.3 Hair structure, composition, and remodeling -- 3.4 Diagenesis and forensic material -- 4. Isoscapes -- 4.1 ArcGIS and R software for building isoscapes -- 4.2 Isotope analysis and region-of-origin predictions -- 4.3 Case studies using isoscapes for provenancing unidentified human remains -- 4.3.1 Conditional correlation assignment method: Region-of-origin assignment using a newly developed oxygen tap water isoscape fo ... -- 4.3.2 Maximum likelihood estimation assignment method: A dual-isotope approach to identifying deceased Latin Americans recovered ... -- 5. Open access data and the future of isotope research in forensic anthropology -- 6. Conclusion and future directions -- 7. Funding -- References -- 10 - Mass fatalities and Rapid DNA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The future of disaster victim identification -- 2.1 Rapid DNA: Privacy and advantages in DVI -- 2.2 The basics of Rapid DNA -- 2.3 Sampling for DNA analysis -- 2.4 Disaster victim identification and the Santa Barbara Dive Boat Fire -- 3. Rapid DNA and disaster management -- 4. Disciplines used in disaster victim identification -- 4.1 Defining the world of medicolegal death investigation -- 5. The steps surrounding disaster victim identification -- 5.1 Temporary versus permanent morgue sites -- 6. Utilizing a Family Assistance Center.
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7. Case study: Camp Fire, Butte County California.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Ross, Ann H. Methodological and Technological Advances in Death Investigations San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology,c2023 ISBN 9780128193945
Language:
English
Keywords:
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