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Title: Pathology of death investigations Post by: lena213 on Jul 29, 2011 Discuss the importance of the identification of human remains. Be sure and include specific means of identification verses non-specific means. Use paragraphs to distinguish your ideas.
Title: Re: Pathology of death investigations Post by: padre on Jul 29, 2011 The forensic recovery and identification of human remains contributes to the knowledge of the whereabouts of missing persons. The recovery of human remains also involves recovering associated material, for example, if a missing deceased individual wore a retainer, and the remains of a missing person are found in a land-fill will the retainer in their mouth, you could identify to person using their dental records. The recovery of human remains is never constrained by time, and tests can be still be conducted even after a long period of time. For instance, you can tell what part of the world a person is from by examining their teeth and identifying the mineral content in their bones. Furthermore, when you do find humans remains, you also get clues from what that individual is/was wearing when they died, or what they were carrying, i.e. weapons, jewellery. Human remains typically have insects crawling inside of them, which are analysed by forensic entomologists; the ratio of different types of insects on human remains can help determine PMI (postmortem interval). The major function of forensic anthropology is to provide law enforcement officials with enough information about human remains that they can be matched with a missing persons file, leading to a positive identification. The data that are first to be discerned from the skeleton are the demographic characteristics of ancestry (race/ethnicity), sex, age, and stature. Knowledge of these attributes helps to limit the search for a possible match, thereby hastening the process of identification. Thus, the assessment of these four traits of personal information constitutes the critical first steps in the forensic anthropological analysis. Since these characteristics are so critical, the methods for assessing each of them will be given separate chapters.
Take care, Lena. Title: Re: Pathology of death investigations Post by: lena213 on Jul 31, 2011 :-X Thanks padre you saved me on that one! That was one of my essay questions on my final in pathology of death investigations, and I must say it was an EXCELLENT answer! I ended up with a 100 ;D on my final exam! I loved that class and I love forensics the only thing Im not very good at is chemistry and thats the class I have to finish up to obtain my certificate in forensics. Thanks again
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