FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ground-Penetrating Radar, Forensic Anthropology, Aerial Photography
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Forensic anthropology: anthropology: what it means to be human, forensic anthropology. Search for, identification and examination of, skeletal remains of potential legal importance. Value of forensic anthropology: forensic anthropologists assist in: Forensic significance, taphonomy, time since death, trauma, identification. Locating human remains: 3 approaches to locating human remains, remote sensing. When potential evidence is found: line stops, evidence is documented and collected. Able to augment w/ probes, cadaver dogs (before, dogs would be distracted by people that go before, so if it goes before, hasn"t been searched so dog will pick up scent better), heavy machinery. Maintain chain of evidence: the recovery procedure is inherently destructive. Ensure the scene is documented adequately since it cannot be recreated. Analysis of remains: animal vs. human (1st question) 1st thing decide because animals bones look like human, and don"t need a case for an animal in general (don"t need to pursue) Ensures appropriate cost and time investments: forensic significance.
