Screen LibraryThe juvenile skeleton in forensic abuse investigations
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Humana Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-255-7 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 205 p.): ill. (chiefly col.) |
| ISBN: |
9781617792557 (electronic bk.) 1617792551 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | D919 |
| CLC: | D919 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Ann H. Ross and Suzanne M. Abel -- Fatal child maltreatment: the challenges of identifying the causes and incidence of deaths from abuse and neglect / Krista L. Ragan -- Basic juvenile skeletal anatomy and growth and development / Ashley L. Humphries -- Biomechanical and remodeling factors in the interpretation of fractures in juveniles / Douglas H. Ubelaker and Kristin M. Montaperto -- Birth trauma / Cynthia Heldrich -- Non-accidental skeletal trauma / Suzanne M. Abel -- Scene investigation in juvenile death / Bobbi Jo O'Neal and Jennifer Schindell -- Medicolegal issues of battered baby syndrome / Erin H. Kimmerle and Leszek Chrostowski -- Evidence of neglect from immature human skeletal remains: an auxological approach from bones and teeth / Hugo F.V. Cardoso and Teresa Magalhaes -- Fatal starvation/malnutrition: medicolegal investigation from the juvenile skeleton / Ann H. Ross -- Juvenile stature estimation: a Chilean perspective / Rebecca Sutphin and Ann H. Ross -- Bone weathering of juvenile-sized remains in the North Carolina Piedmont / Sarah L. Cunningham, Scott A. Kirkland, and Ann H. Ross. |