BROKEN BONES: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma (2nd Ed.)The editors, along with 15 outstanding contributors, comprehensively explore and provide an overview of the principles behind the interpretation of skeletal blunt force trauma. This expanded second edition provides a discussion on how to train for a career in forensic anthropology and offers guidance on how to complete a thorough trauma analysis. It also provides the labels given to different kinds of fractures and the biomechanical forces required to cause bone to fail and fracture. The text provides a theoretical framework for both evaluating published trauma studies and designing new ones. Experimental trauma research is an area ripe for research, and criteria to consider in choosing which non-human species to use in an actualistic study are offered. Common circumstances in which blunt force trauma is encountered are described. Information is provided on a variety of causes of death due to blunt force trauma. These causes range from accidental deaths to homicides due to blunt force from motor vehicle accidents, falls, strangulation, child and elder abuse, among others. Epidemiological information on whom is most likely affected by these various kinds of blunt force trauma is drawn from both the clinical and forensic literature. The most fundamental elements of the text are offered in four chapters where, bone by bone, fracture by fracture, the authors describe what to call each kind of fracture, what is known about how much force is required to break the bone that way, and fracture specific epidemiological information. This particular section of the text provides an invaluable reference source for forensic anthropologists and other osteologists to consult when looking at and trying to classify a bone fracture. Case studies are included to bring the book full circle back to considering the micro and macro bone changes that are seen when bone fails and fractures. The case studies are illustrative both of the concepts described through the book and of the high quality analyses forensic anthropologists contribute to medicolegal investigations of death every day. The text is further enhanced by 150 illustrations, some in color. This completely updated and expanded new volume is an essential reference for the forensic anthropology professional. |
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... involve the bones of only one individual, but this must be confirmed by making sure that joints articulate, there is no duplication of elements, and the size and morphology of bones from the left and right side of the skeleton match ...
... involves contact or discovery of physical evidence. Knowledge of physical evidence, its significance, and potential use will help the forensic anthropologist to work more effectively as a team member in a forensic investigation and not ...
... involves evaluating what autopsy series, museum collection skeleton, imaging techniques, or animal models are available and applicable; how many specimens to include; and how widely applicable the results of the research will be ...
... involves the changing mechanical properties of bone under high loading rates, with bone reacting as a more brittle material. In the Adharapurapu et al. (2006) study, the toughness of bone (the energy required to cause failure) also ...
... involve indirect forces due to bending or twisting of bones. In addition, overlying soft tissue dissipates much of the impact that produces a percussion fracture. Zooarchaeological studies also suggest that fresh and dry breakage differ ...
Contents
Section III B | 327 |
Section III C | 336 |
Section III D | 350 |
Section III E | 362 |
Section III F | 369 |
Section III G | 379 |
Section III H | 391 |
Section III I | 399 |