The Juvenile Skeleton in Forensic Abuse Investigations

216 Pages·2011·3.94 MB·English

by  Ann H. Ross

The Juvenile Skeleton in Forensic
Abuse Investigations

·
Ann H. Ross Suzanne M. Abel
Editors
The Juvenile Skeleton
in Forensic Abuse
Investigations
Editors
AnnH.Ross SuzanneM.Abel
DepartmentofSociology&Anthropology CharlestonCountyCoroner’sOffice
NorthCarolinaStateUniversity 4050BridgeviewDrive
10CurrentDrive PerimeterCenter,Suite500
Raleigh,NorthCarolina,USA NorthCharleston,SouthCarolina,USA
[email protected] [email protected]
ISBN978-1-61779-254-0 e-ISBN978-1-61779-255-7
DOI10.1007/978-1-61779-255-7
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AnnH.RossandSuzanneM.Abel
2 FatalChildMaltreatment:TheChallengesofIdentifying
theCausesandIncidenceofDeathsfromAbuseandNeglect . . . . 7
KristaL.Ragan
3 BasicJuvenileSkeletalAnatomyandGrowthandDevelopment . . 19
AshleyL.Humphries
4 Biomechanical and Remodeling Factors
intheInterpretationofFracturesinJuveniles . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
DouglasH.UbelakerandKristinM.Montaperto
5 BirthTrauma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CynthiaHeldrich
6 Non-accidentalSkeletalTrauma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SuzanneM.Abel
7 SceneInvestigationinJuvenileDeath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
BobbiJoO’NealandJenniferSchindell
8 MedicolegalIssuesofBatteredBabySyndrome . . . . . . . . . . . 109
ErinH.KimmerleandLeszekChrostowski
9 Evidence of Neglect from Immature Human Skeletal
Remains:AnAuxologicalApproachfromBonesandTeeth . . . . . 125
HugoF.V.CardosoandTeresaMagalhães
10 FatalStarvation/Malnutrition:MedicolegalInvestigation
fromtheJuvenileSkeleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
AnnH.Ross
11 JuvenileStatureEstimation:AChileanPerspective . . . . . . . . . 167
RebeccaSutphinandAnnH.Ross
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12 Bone Weathering of Juvenile-Sized Remains in the
NorthCarolinaPiedmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
SarahL.Cunningham,ScottA.Kirkland,andAnnH.Ross
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Contributors
SuzanneM.Abel CharlestonCountyCoroner’sOffice,4050BridgeviewDrive,
PerimeterCenter,Suite500,NorthCharleston,SC,USA,
[email protected]
HugoF.V.Cardoso MuseuNacionaldeHistoriaNatural&CentrodeBiologia
Ambiental,UniversidadedeLisboa,Lisbon,Portugal;FaculdadedeMedicina,
UniversidadedoPorto,Porto,Portugal,[email protected];[email protected]
LeszekChrostowski DepartmentofPathologyandCellBiology,Universityof
SouthFlorida,Tampa,FL,USA;HillsboroughCountyMedicalExaminer
Department,Tampa,FL,USA,[email protected]
SarahL.Cunningham DepartmentofAnthropology,BinghamtonUniversity,
Binghamton,NY,USA,[email protected]
CynthiaHeldrich RoperSaintFrancisPhysicianPartners,Charleston,SC,USA,
[email protected]
AshleyL.Humphries DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,North
CarolinaStateUniversity,Raleigh,NC,USA,[email protected]
ErinH.Kimmerle DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofSouthFlorida,
Tampa,FL,USA,[email protected]
ScottA.Kirkland DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,NorthCarolina
StateUniversity,Raleigh,NC,USA,[email protected]
TeresaMagalhães FaculdadedeMedicina&InstitutodeCiênciasBiomédicas
AbelSalazar,UniversidadedoPorto,Porto,Portugal;InstitutoNacionalde
MedicinaLegal–DelegaçãodoNorte,Porto,Portugal;CentrodeCiências
Forenses,Coimbra,Portugal,[email protected]
KristinM.Montaperto DepartmentofAnthropology,NationalMuseumof
NaturalHistory,SmithsonianInstitution,Washington,DC,USA,[email protected]
BobbiJoO’Neal CharlestonCountyCoroner’sOffice,NorthCharleston,SC,
USA,[email protected]
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