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Skeletal trauma analysis Skeletal trauma analysis Case studies in context EDITED BY Nicholas V. Passalacqua JointPOW/MIAAccountingCommand–CentralIdentificationLaboratory, JointBasePearlHarbor–Hickam,HI,USA Christopher W. Rainwater NewYorkCityOfficeofChiefMedicalExaminerandNewYorkUniversity,NewYork,NY,USA Thiseditionfirstpublished2015©2015byJohnWiley&Sons,Ltd Registeredoffice: JohnWiley&Sons,Ltd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex, PO198SQ,UK Editorialoffices: 9600GarsingtonRoad,Oxford,OX42DQ,UK TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex,PO198SQ,UK 111RiverStreet,Hoboken,NJ07030-5774,USA Fordetailsofourglobaleditorialoffices,forcustomerservicesandforinformationabouthow toapplyforpermissiontoreusethecopyrightmaterialinthisbookpleaseseeourwebsiteat www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. Therightoftheauthortobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedin accordancewiththeUKCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. 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Typesetin10.5/14ptMeridienLTStdbyLaserwordsPrivateLimited,Chennai,India Disclaimer:Anyvieworopinionsinthisvolumearethoseoftherespectivecontributorsand donotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsandopinionsoftheUnitedStatesDepartmentof DefenseortheCityofNewYork. 1 2015 Contents Listofcontributors,vii 1 Introduction,1 NicholasV.PassalacquaandChristopherW.Rainwater 2 Atypicalgunshotandbluntforceinjuries:woundsalongthe biomechanicalcontinuum,7 BrianF.Spatola 3 Over-interpretationofboneinjuriesandimplicationsforcause andmannerofdeath,27 JoãoPinheiro,EugéniaCunha,andStevenSymes 4 Skeletalinjuriesincasesofchildabuse:twocasestudiesfrom theHarrisCountyInstituteofForensicSciences,42 JasonM.WiersemaandJenniferC.Love 5 Bluntforcetraumapatternsinthehumanskullandthorax: acasestudyfromnorthernCalifornia,56 EricJ.Bartelink 6 PatternsofskeletaltraumainflictedduringtheSpanishCivilWar,74 NicholasV.Passalacqua,CiaránBrewster,MarinaMartínezde PinillosGonzález,andJoséMiguelCarreteroDíaz 7 Shotandbeatentodeath?Suspectedprojectileandbluntforce traumainacaseinvolvinganextendedperiodofpostmortem waterimmersion,90 HugoF.V.Cardoso,KaterinaS.Puentes,andLuísF.N.Coelho 8 Man’sbestfriend:acasestudyofballisticstraumaandanimal scavenging,108 GinaHart v vi Contents 9 Skeletalevidenceofviolentsexualassaultinremainswith excessiveevidenceofscavenging,118 HughE.BerrymanandTiffanyB.Saul 10 Neurocranialfractures,130 JenniferC.Love 11 Bluntforcetraumaassociatedwithafallfromheights,147 MariaTeresaA.Tersigni-Tarrant 12 Low-velocityimpacttrauma:anillustrativeselectionofcases fromtheJointPOW/MIAAccountingCommand – Central IdentificationLaboratory,156 PaulEmanovsky 13 Blasttrauma,167 AngiM.ChristensenandVictoriaA.Smith 14 Casestudiesinskeletalblasttrauma,177 NikkiA.Willits,JosephT.Hefner,andMariaTeresaA.Tersigni-Tarrant 15 Burnedhumanremainsinadoublehomicide:aforensiccase inCyprus,189 PopiTh.Chrysostomou 16 Theutilityofspatialanalysisintherecognitionofnormaland abnormalpatternsinburnedhumanremains,204 ChristinaL.Fojas,LuisL.Cabo,NicholasV.Passalacqua, ChristopherW.Rainwater,KaterinaS.Puentes,andStevenA.Symes 17 Threemodesofdismemberment:disarticulationaroundthe joints,transectionofboneviachopping,andtransectionof boneviasawing,222 ChristopherW.Rainwater 18 KreischerMansionhomicide,246 LaurenRegucciandBradleyAdams 19 Postmortemtraumaandthe“CSIEffect:”istelevisionmaking smartercriminals?,266 ElizabethA.MurrayandAnthonyE.Dwyer Index,289 List of contributors BradleyAdams NewYorkCityOfficeofChiefMedicalExaminer,NewYork,NY10016,USA EricJ.Bartelink DepartmentofAnthropology,CaliforniaStateUniversity–Chico,Chico,CA 95929-0400,USA HughE.Berryman ForensicInstituteforResearchandEducation,MTSU,Murfreesboro, TN37132,USA CiaránBrewster DepartmentofArchaeology,UniversityCollegeCork,Cork,Ireland LuisL.Cabo DepartmentofAppliedForensicSciences,Mercyhurst,Erie, PA16546,USA HugoF.V.Cardoso DepartmentofArchaeology,SimonFraserUniversity,Burnaby,British ColumbiaV5A1S6,Canada AngiM.Christensen FederalBureauofInvestigationLaboratory,Quantico,VA22135,USA PopiTh.Chrysostomou JointPOW/MIAAccountingCommand–CentralIdentificationLaboratory, CONUSAnnex,106PeacekeeperDrive,Suite2N3,Building301,OffuttAFB, NE68113 and SchoolofScience&Engineering,TeessideUniversity,Middlesbrough,Tees Valley,TS13BA,UK LuísF.N.Coelho NationalInstituteofLegalMedicineandForensicSciences–NorthBranch, 4050-167Porto,Portugal vii viii Listofcontributors EugéniaCunha DepartmentofLifeSciences/ForensicSciencesCentre,UniversityofCoimbra, Coimbra,Portugal JoséMiguelCarreteroDíaz LaboratoriodeEvoluciónHumana,Burgos,Spain AnthonyE.Dwyer ButlerCountySheriff’sOffice,Hamilton,OH45011,USA PaulEmanovsky JointPOW/MIAAccountingCommand–CentralIdentificationLaboratory, JointBasePearlHarbor–Hickam,HI96853-5530,USA ChristinaL.Fojas DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville, TN37996,USA MarinaMartínezdePinillosGonzález NationalResearchCentreonHumanEvolution,09002Burgos,Spain GinaHart NewYorkCityOfficeofChiefMedicalExaminer,NewYork,NY10016,USA JosephT.Hefner DepartmentofAnthropology,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI 48823 JenniferC.Love OfficeoftheChiefMedicalExaminer,Washington,DC20024,USA ElizabethA.Murray MountSt.JosephUniversity,Cincinnati,OH45233,USA NicholasV.Passalacqua JointPOW/MIAAccountingCommand–CentralIdentificationLaboratory, JointBasePearlHarbor–Hickam,HI96853-5530,USA JoãoPinheiro NationalInstituteofLegalMedicineandForensicSciences,Coimbra,Portugal KaterinaS.Puentes NationalInstituteofLegalMedicineandForensicSciences–NorthBranch, 4050-167Porto,Portugal
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