The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory

Michael W. Warren, Heather A. Walsh-Haney, Laurel Freas

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2008
• ISBN:
  9781040080375
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Forensic Science
• Index: Law

While other books cover general topics and various subsets of forensic anthropology, this one-of-a-kind reference compiles the best practices of policies, procedures, and protocols of different laboratories across the world. This book brings together experts in every aspect of forensic anthropology to consider physical plant demands, equipment needs, staffing, ethical issues, and the process of certification with the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. With examples of implementation, The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory also provides discussion of proven methods in skeletal preparation, laboratory flow, and specimen curation including processing logs and sample forms.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Editor
• Contributors
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Anthropology Research Facility: The Outdoor Laboratory of the Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee
• 3 The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory in a Medical Examiner Setting
• 4 Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command’s Central Identification Laboratory
• 5 The University of Indianapolis Archeology and Forensics Laboratory
• 6 The Mass Fatality Incident Morgue: A Laboratory for Disaster Victim Identification
• 7 The Repatriation Osteology Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
• 8 History and Collections of the Division of Physical Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
• 9 The Louisiana State University (LSU) Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory
• 10 The Working Forensic Anthropology Laboratory
• Index