CRIM 355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Global Positioning System, Aerial Photography, Infrared Photography
9 Apr 2020
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Forensic anthropologist: use of anthropological knowledge of humans and skeletal structure to examine and identify human skeletal remains. Concerned primarily with the identification and examination of human and ske remains. Skeletal bones are remarkably durable and undergo an extremely slow breakd process that lasts decades or centuries. Skeletal bones can provide a multitude of individual characteristics long after a victim"s death. Examination of bones may reveal victim"s sex, approximate age, race, height, an nature of physical injury. Thorough documentation is required throughout the process of recovery and exami of human remains. Located by civilians then contact law enforcement personnel. Scene should be searched to locate all bones and other evidence. Tools useful when searching for evidence at a "tomb" site. Apparatuses that detect the gases produced by biological decomposition. Cadaver dogs that detect the odors caused by biological decomposition. All items found must be tagged, photographed, sketched, and documented in notes.
