Forensic medicine of the lower extremity: human identification and trauma analysis of the thigh, leg, and foot

Jeremy Rich, Dorothy E. Dean, Robert H. Powers9781588292698, 1-58829-269-X, 1-59259-897-8

This comprehensive collection of rigorous review articles covers both the scientific and practical aspects of using of lower extremity remains for human identification and trauma analysis. On the scientific side, the authors describe the biochemical events of decomposition, detail the use of radiology to facilitate identification and evaluate trauma, and explain principles of osteology, with an emphasis on the implications for skeletal anatomy for age, sex, race, and height estimation. On the practical side, they apply these approaches to trauma analysis and accident reconstruction, including slip-and-fall incidents, impact, traffic, and pediatric injuries, and considerations of foot and footprint identification. Specific case studies discuss the identification process using the foot and ankle and illuminate the forensic potential of feet, footwear, and barefoot impression evidence.

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Table of contents :
cover
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contents
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part I analysis,
development, and identification markers……Page 14
01 the decomposition of human remains……Page 15
02 forensically significant skeletal anatomy……Page 28
03 normal osteology of the knee joint and markers of stress and injury……Page 43
04 anthropological analysis of the lower extremity……Page 79
05 estimating age at death……Page 109
06 radiology of the lower extremity……Page 123
part II trauma analysis and reconstruction……Page 248
07 injuries to children……Page 249
08 skeletal trauma analysis of the lower extremity……Page 261
09 biomechanics of impact injury……Page 286
10 injuries of the thigh, knee, and ankle as reconstructive factors in road traffic accidents……Page 318
11 biomechanical analysis of slip, trip, and fall accidents……Page 350
part III foot identification case studies, pedal evidence, and ongoing research
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12 ‘the game is afoot!’……Page 364
13 the role of feet and footwear in medicolegal investigations……Page 380
14 ongoing research into barefoot impression evidence……Page 406
index……Page 419