Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128144912 ISBN 13: 9780128144916

Publisher: Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach is the only reference in the field covering all techniques and methods involving age estimation from different perspectives in just one volume. The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of age estimation: aging the living and the dead, human rights, and skeletal, dental, histological and biochemical techniques and methods available. Each chapter is written by internationally known expert contributors.

Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach is a one of a kind resource for those involved in estimating the age of the living and the dead.

• Presents a concentration of all techniques and methods involving age estimation in a single volume
• Provides a multidisciplinary approach that lends itself to researchers, practitioners and students from a variety of different fields
• Includes contributions by world renowned forensic specialists

About this title

From the Back Cover

Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Edited by Joe Adserias-Garriga

Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach is the only reference in the field covering all techniques and methods involving age estimation from different perspectives in just one volume. The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of age estimation: aging the living and the dead, human rights, scientific rationale of the estimates, and skeletal, dental age and biochemical techniques and methods available. Each chapter is written by internationally known expert contributors.

Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach is a one of a kind resource for those involved in estimating the age of the living and the dead.

Key Features:

· A concentration of all techniques and methods involving age estimation in a single volume

· Multidisciplinary approach lends it to researchers, practitioners and students from a variety of different fields

· Includes contributions by world renowned forensic specialists

About the Editor:

Joe Adserias-Garriga, DDS, PhD

Dr. Adserias-Garriga is a Forensic Anthropologist, Forensic Odontologist and Oral Surgeon from Spain, where she directed and lectured in different postgraduate programs in Forensic Science. She is an external advisor to Mossos d´Esquadra (Catalonian Police), who honored her contribution in forensic casework. Dr. Adserias-Garriga is currently working as Forensic Anthropologist at Forensic Anthropology Center, Texas State University. She has conducted research collaborations in the U.S. with the Smithsonian Institution, University of Tennessee, Mercyhurst University, and other academic institutions in Europe as well. She is also an ABFO Diplomate, and co-founder of the International Group of Forensic Odontology for Human Rights. She is Member of the INTERPOL DVI Odontology SubWorking Group and the INTERPOL DVI Pathology-Anthropology SubWorking Group.

About the Author

Dr. Adserias-Garriga is a Forensic Anthropologist, Forensic Odontologist and Oral Surgeon from Spain, where she directed and lectured in different postgraduate programs in Forensic Science. She is an external advisor to Mossos d´Esquadra (Catalonian Police), who honored her contribution in forensic casework. Dr. Adserias-Garriga is currently working as Forensic Anthropologist at Forensic Anthropology Center, Texas State University. She has conducted research collaborations in the U.S. with the Smithsonian Institution, University of Tennessee, Mercyhurst University, and other academic institutions in Europe as well. She is also an ABFO Diplomate, and co-founder of the International Group of Forensic Odontology for Human Rights. She is Member of the INTERPOL DVI Odontology SubWorking Group and the INTERPOL DVI Pathology-Anthropology SubWorking Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0128144912
• ISBN 13: 9780128144916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Adserias-Garriga Joe