History Flashcards
foren in 19th cent
early toxicology
-poison in cadavers
- fingerprint analysis
- blood typing
forensics were popularized by
sherlock holmes based on dr joseph bell
franz joseph gall
father of phrenology
effects of phrenology
- racial difference
- gender stereotyping
- diagnosis of mental illness and criminality
alphonse bertillion
- anthropometry (measuring body proportions)
- mugshot
juan vucetich
fingerprinting
johann christoph andreas mayer
indentifies that fingerprints are unique
formative period
- 1800 - 1938
- physicians, anatomists, phys anthros
- informal or self-taught
thomas dwight
- founder of foren anthro in US
- dev’d methods for est age, sex, stature from skel
thomas dwight’s book
the identification of the human skeleton: a medicolegal study 1878
thomas wingate todd
- cree first large collection of human skels 1912
- sex est in pelvis
consolidation period
- 1939 - 1971
- used to ident war dead ww2 and korean war
wilton marion krogman
- dental anthro
- child growth and dev
- dev foren anthro as a discipline
wilton marion krogman’s books
- guide to the identification of human skel material 1939
- the human skel in foren medicine 1962
modern period
- 1972 - 1990s
- professionalized
creation of amer academy of foren sci
1972
est of amer board of foren anthro
1977
t dale stewart
essentials of foren anthro 1979
william m bass
creator of body farm
body farm
2.5 acres for decomp of bodies to study, knoxsville tennesse
other body farms
Western Carolina Uni
- W Carolina Human Ident Lab
Texas State Uni
- Foren Anthro Ctr at Texas State (FACTS)
Sam Houston State Uni
- SE Texas Applied Forensic Science Fac (STAFS)
Southern Illinois Uni
- Complex for Foren Antrho Research (CFAR)
Colorado Mesa Uni
- Foren Invest Research Station (FIRS)
clyde c snow
- dev foren anthro protocol used today
clyde c snow article
foren anthro 1982, annual review of foren anthro 11:97 - 131
1990s - today
- expansion of sci in foren anthro
- recog need for standard practices
formation of SWGANTH
2008
SWGANTH
scientific working group for foren anthro
functions of SWGANTH
- dev consensus on best practices and min standards
- disseminate SWGANTH guidelines and studies
Amy Mundorff
- indent remains from 9/11
- expand foren ident to incl mass disaster
-UofKnoxville
genocide stats
- 1 every 1.4 yrs for past 60 yrs
- est 50 mil dead in last 60 yrs
genocide def
- killing members of group
- causing serious bodily or mental harm to group
- delib inflicting group conditions of life to bring phys destruction
- imposing measures to prevent births in group
- forcibly transferring kids out of group
Cnd Soc of Foren Sci est’d when
est 1953
who does death inquiries in Can
coroners
- no med training (except ontario)
- death investigators
Medical Examiner Sys where?
alberta, manitoba, nova scotia, newfoundland
Cdn issues w foren anthro
- marginalized by other agencies
- lack of formal training or degrees
- more likely to find work in USA
tracy rogers
UofT - headed Willy Pickton investigation
centre for foren research (SFU) est
2007
- handles coroner and police cases from BC w UNBC