Forensic Anthropology and Medicine: Complementary Sciences from Recovery to Cause of Death Book

Ch. 1	Introduction to forensic anthropology	3
Ch. 2	Introduction to forensic medicine and pathology	13
Ch. 3	Forensic anthropology and forensic pathology : the state of the art	39
Ch. 4	Biological vs legal age of living individuals	57
Ch. 5	Decay process of a cadaver	85
Ch. 6	Understanding the circumstances of decomposition when the body is skeletonized	117
Ch. 7	Forensic investigation of corpses in various states of decomposition : a multidisciplinary approach	159
Ch. 8	Identification and differential diagnosis of traumatic lesions of the skeleton	197
Ch. 9	Methodology and reliability of sex determination from the skeleton	225
Ch. 10	Age assessment of child skeletal remains in forensic contexts	243
Ch. 11	Determination of adult age at death in the forensic context	259
Ch. 12	Is it possible to escape racial typology in forensic identification?	281
Ch. 13	Estimation and evidence in forensic anthropology : determining stature	317
Ch. 14	Pathology as a factor of personal identity in forensic anthropology	333
Ch. 15	Personal identification of cadavers and human remains	359
Ch. 16	Forensic investigations into the missing : recommendations and operational best practices	383
Ch. 17	Crimes against humanity	409
Ch. 18	Mass disasters	431