Forensic Anthropology Training Manual

Forensic Anthropology Training Manual serves as a practical reference tool and a framework for training in forensic anthropology.

The first chapter informs judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and international workers of the information and services available from a professional forensic anthropologist. The first section (Chapters 2-11) is a training guide to assist in the study of human skeletal anatomy. The second section (Chapters 12-17) focuses on the specific work of the forensic anthropologist, beginning with an introduction to the forensic sciences. The book provides basic information on successfully collecting, processing, analyzing, and describing skeletal human remains.

Provides basic information on successfully collecting, processing, analyzing, and describing skeletal human remains.

Forensic Anthropology Training Manual serves as a practical reference tool and a framework for training in forensic anthropology.

The first chapter informs judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and international workers of the information and services available from a professional forensic anthropologist. The first section (Chapters 2-11) is a training guide to assist in the study of human skeletal anatomy. The second section (Chapters 12-17) focuses on the specific work of the forensic anthropologist, beginning with an introduction to the forensic sciences.

Learning Goals

• Upon completing this book readers will be able to:
• Have a strong foundation in human skeletal anatomy
• Explain how this knowledge contributes to the physical description and personal identification of human remains
• Understand the basics of excavating a grave, preparing a forensic report, and presenting expert witness
• testimony in a court of law
• Define forensic anthropology within the broader context of the forensic sciences
• Describe the work of today’s forensic anthropologists