Intro to death investigations Flashcards

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A death investigator’s aim is to determine

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Mechanism, cause, and classification of death

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Medicolegal death investigators are responsible for

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All sudden, unexplained, unexpected, or unattended deaths

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Goal of forensic anthropology is

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Identification

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Investigating coroner determines

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Identity of deceased, location and time of death, cause and classification of death

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5
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The forensic anthropology protocol

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  1. Are remains human?
  2. Is this one person or more?
  3. Timing of death?
  4. What age were they?
  5. What is their sex?
  6. What is their height/physique?
  7. What is their ancestry?
  8. Do they have any unusual features?
  9. Is there sign of a cause and circumstance of death?
  10. What happened to body afterward?
  11. Can you identify this person?
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Sources of variation in skeleton?

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Body size, geographical variation, age, sex at birth, personal history

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Sexual dimorphism in humans

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Males have greater mass and more robust bones, females stop growing earlier, lose bone mass more readily, have wider pelves

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Secondary ossification centres consist of

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Carpals and epiphyses

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9
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Bone modelling

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Produces adult size and shape

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10
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Bone remodelling

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Subtly alters size and shape

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Steps of bone remodelling

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  1. Hematoma formation
  2. Fibrocartilaginous callus formation
  3. Bony callus formation
  4. Bone remodelling
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Wolff’s Law

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Bones’ shape and size influenced by magnitude and direction of mechanical stimulus, tissue is lost without adequate mechanical stimulation

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13
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Presumptive identification

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Consistent but not exclusive to one person

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14
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Positive identification

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Info about unidentified person is exclusive to only one individual

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Collective identification

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Info about unidentified person matches to a collective identity (ie cultural group, etc)

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16
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Contextual identification

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Data from unidentified remains provides info about social/economic status