Atlas of human hair microscopic characteristics

Robert R. Ogle Jr., Michelle J. Fox9780849381348, 0-8493-8134-7

The Atlas of Human Hair Microscopic Characteristics fills a void in the resources available to researchers and practitioners in forensic hair examination by providing photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of human hair and the varieties of the characteristics seen in forensic examinations, including curl; color; pigment distribution and density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies. It also explains a numerical scoring system that allows numerical description of hair type, which can then be compared to others in a database.

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Table of contents :
Atlas of Human Hair: Microscopic Characteristics……Page 1
Preface……Page 4
Acknowledgments……Page 6
The Authors……Page 7
Table of Contents……Page 8
1.1 Scope and Function of the Atlas……Page 11
1.2 Terminology……Page 12
1.3 Individualization of Physical Evidence……Page 14
1.4 Numerical Scoring of Hairs……Page 15
1.5 Materials and Methods……Page 17
2.1 Hair Form……Page 20
2.2 Degree of Hair Curl……Page 21
3.1 Color……Page 24
3.2 Pigment Density……Page 28
3.4 Pigment Distribution……Page 29
3.6 Pigment Aggregate Size……Page 30
3.7 Medulla Continuity……Page 31
3.10 Inner Cuticle Margin……Page 32
3.12 Cuticle Surface……Page 33
3.15 Cortical Fusi……Page 34
3.16 Ovoid Bodies……Page 35
3.18 Distal Tip Characteristics……Page 36
3.20 Shaft Aberration……Page 37
3.21 Hair Treatments……Page 38
3.23 Miscellaneous Characteristics……Page 39
3.24 Insect, Arachnid, and Fungal Presence and Damage……Page 40
4.1 Shaft Cross-Section Shape……Page 41
4.3 Cross-Section Pigment Density……Page 42
4.6 Cross-Section Cortical Texture……Page 43
5.1 Color……Page 44
5.1.4 Brown Hair……Page 45
5.1.8 Other Color Hair……Page 46
5.4 Pigment Distribution……Page 47
5.7 Medulla Continuity……Page 48
5.10 Inner Cuticle Margin……Page 49
5.15 Cortical Fusi……Page 50
5.18 Distal Tip Characteristics……Page 51
5.21.2 Trichorrhexis Invaginata (see Figure 5.21.1)……Page 52
5.22 Miscellaneous Characteristics……Page 54
5.25 Cross-Sectional Pigment Distribution……Page 55
6.1 The Human Hair Type……Page 56
6.2 Regional Human Hair Characteristic Variates……Page 57
6.2.2 Regional Cross-Sectional Shape……Page 58
6.3 Regional Pubic Hair Characteristics……Page 59
References……Page 61
Glossary……Page 63
Bibliography……Page 70
Back Cover……Page 85
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