The Juvenile Skeleton in Forensic Abuse Investigations

Juvenile homicide and fatal maltreatment remain serious and pervasive problems in the developed world and especially in the United States, where in 2005 some 1,500 children died from neglect and physical abuse. Alarming statistics such as this, as well as an upsurge in the media attention paid to al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ross, Ann H. (Editor ), Abel, Suzanne M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Forensic sciences.
Medical jurisprudence.
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Anthropology.
Forensic Science.
Forensic Medicine.
Biomedical Research.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Fatal Child Maltreatment: The Challenges of Identifying the Causes and Incidence of Deaths from Abuse and Neglect
  • Basic Juvenile Skeletal Anatomy and Growth and Development
  • Biomechanical and Remodeling Factors in the Interpretation of Fractures in Juveniles
  • Birth Trauma
  • Nonaccidental Trauma
  • Scene Investigation in Juvenile Death
  • Medicolegal Issues of Battered Baby Syndrome
  • Evidence of Neglect from Immature Human Skeletal Remains:  An Auxological Approach from Bones and Teeth
  • Fatal Starvation/Malnutrition: Medicolegal Investigation from the Juvenile Skeleton
  • Juvenile Stature Estimation: A Chilean Perspective
  • Bone Weathering of Juvenile Sized Remains in the NC Piedmont.

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