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Age Estimation from the Pubic Symphysis: Back to Basics

← Back to Webinar Series Page This webinar originally occurred on January 11, 2023 Duration: 1.5 hours Overview Estimating age at death is a critical step in the creation of the biological profile of unidentified remains. While anthropologists use a…

2022 Year in Review

A Message from the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence Another year in the books, and so much has happened! In 2022, the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) hosted various virtual events and delivered numerous online resources – including 6…

Just Identifying Lake Erie John Doe

Original Release Date: December 16, 2022 In the final episode of our Case Studies: Part 2 mini season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Thomas Gilson, Dr. Harmeet Kaur, and Hristina Lekova with the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, to…

Full body x-ray scans of a deceased individual

Case Study Guides for Select NMDID Cases

Date December 2022 Overview The New Mexico Decedent Image Database provides access to whole body postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) images of more than 15,000 decedents, and a rich body of associated metadata, in support of research and education. There are…

Just Identifying Gacy’s Victims Part 2

Original Release Date: December 9, 2022 In episode three of our Case Studies: Part 2 mini season, Just Science sat down again with Jason Moran, Commander of Police at the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, to continue discussing how his Forensic…

Transition Analysis 3 Age-at-Death Estimation: Past, Present, and Future

← Back to Webinar Series Page This webinar originally occurred on December 7, 2022 Duration: 1.5 hours Overview Whether the goal is to estimate the age of a single individual or those in a larger skeletal assemblage, accurate and precise…

Just Identifying Gacy’s Victims Part 1

Original Release Date: December 2, 2022 In episode two of our Case Studies: Part 2 mini season, Just Science sat down with Jason Moran, Commander of Police at the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, to discuss how he and his colleagues…

Forensic Fractography of Bone: A New Model for Skeletal Trauma Analysis

← Back to Webinar Series Page This webinar originally occurred on November 2, 2022 Duration: 1.5 hours Overview Fractography is a tool for studying material failure. Analysis of cracks and fractures can reveal information about how, why, and where a…

Skeletal Sex Estimation and Practitioner Use of MorphoPASSE

← Back to Webinar Series Page This webinar originally occurred on October 5, 2022 Duration: 1.5 hours Overview Skeletal sex estimation is one of the most important aspects of the biological profile as it narrows the population essentially by half…

Just Using Forensic Art and Anthropology for Identification

Original Release Date: September 30, 2022 In episode four of our Applications of Forensic Science for Human Identification season, Just Science sat down with Katharine Pope, a Research Public Health Analyst at RTI International, Dr. Bruce Anderson, a Forensic Anthropologist…

Category: Anthropology (page 5)

Category: Anthropology (page 5)

Age Estimation from the Pubic Symphysis: Back to Basics

2022 Year in Review

Just Identifying Lake Erie John Doe

Case Study Guides for Select NMDID Cases

Just Identifying Gacy’s Victims Part 2

Transition Analysis 3 Age-at-Death Estimation: Past, Present, and Future

Just Identifying Gacy’s Victims Part 1

Forensic Fractography of Bone: A New Model for Skeletal Trauma Analysis

Skeletal Sex Estimation and Practitioner Use of MorphoPASSE

Just Using Forensic Art and Anthropology for Identification

Introduction

Category: Anthropology (page 5)