Age Estimation in the Living

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This book summarizes and explains the main approaches to ageestimation in the living, defining when a parameter may be of useand raising awareness of its limitations. This text ensures thatpractitioners recognize when an assessment is beyond their area ofexpertise or beyond verification depending upon the clinical dataavailable. Each key approach to age evaluation has been allotted asingle chapter, written by an international leader in theparticular field. The book also includes summary chapters thatrelay readily accessible data for use by the practitioner, andincludes important "ageing milestones." This book is indispensable where problems of immigration andlegal standing, juvenile vs. adult criminal status, andresponsibilities of law enforcement to protect vulnerable personsare key issues on a daily basis. Medical practitioners,forensic practitioners such as pathology, odontology, anthropologyand nursing, lawyers, and police would find this bookincredibly useful.

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Sue Black

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"I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested inhuman growth and development, or any of the many factors thatinfluence the timing of human maturation." (TheAmerican Journal of Human Biology,2012)"All in all, a very useful book. I would highly recommend this booknot only to all forensic physicians, but to everyone practicing inthis field. I would imagine that his book would be highly usefulfor lawyers, police, medical and dental practitioners, forensicscientists. I would also recommend this book to all undergraduateand postgraduate law and medical students preparing for forensicmedicine examinations." (Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine andToxicology, 1 January 2011) "The book is of value by advising not only what can or should bedone in certain situations, but by also stating what ought not tobe done . . . yhis publication will, I believe be of great value tothe many professionals engaged in this field world wide, and willalso be an excellent reference tool." (Internet Law Book Reviews,2011) "Medical researchers explain some of the approaches used toestimate the age of people who for some reason or another do notknow their age, or who are trying to conceal their age. They beginby setting out the nature of the problem, in chapters onimmigration, asylum seekers, and undocumented identity; clinicaland legal requirements for age determination in the living; andconsent issues and other legal implications of age determination.Then they consider biological matters such as challenges of thepsychological assessment of maturity; principles of physical ageestimation; growth, maturation, and age; practical imagingtechniques for age estimation; external soft tissue indicators ofage from birth to adulthood; odontology in the living; theskeleton; age evaluation after growth cessation; presenting resultsand statistics for legal purposes; and key practical elements forage estimation in the living. (Annotation 2011 Book News Inc.Portland, OR)" (Reference and Research Book News, February2011) "I would recommend this book to any individual that wasresponsible for determining age of subjects for legal requirements.The authors have created a very organized text to aid in verifyingscientific methods used in age determination. I thank the authorsfor going the extra mile and creating such a complete text for usein forensic investigations." (Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journalof Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, January 2011) "This subject area of Age Assessment in the Living needed this book; it fills a voidin the field to a very high standard." (King's CollegeLondon, January 2011)
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