THE ROLE OF A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST IN INVESTIGATION OF DEATH

Dr. Supriya Sharma; Dr. Shaleen Chandra; Dr. Shalini Gupta; Dr. Surya Kant

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

THE ROLE OF A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST IN INVESTIGATION OF DEATH

Dr. Supriya Sharma, Dr. Shaleen Chandra, Dr. Shalini Gupta, Dr. Surya Kant

Abstract :

The positive examination of human residues is a predominant task conducted by forensic scientists, i.e., pathologists, crime scene investigators, biologists, forensic odontologists, fingerprint experts, and anthropologists in mass disaster conditions. The examination procedure of the victims is generally achieved by scientific techniques. The differentiation procedure of a great number of bodies with many missing persons shouts for cleaving the population into separate subgroups to ease the task. Enforce forensic anthropology methods enables, among different things, the rejuvenation of the life history of the individuals perturbed, i.e., age, race, sex, and stature assistance in the cross–sectional analysis. The significance of the character of the forensic anthropologist in all phase of examination of mass disasters from the recuperation process of residues, inspecting them, and interpreting marks of instinctive trauma and disease as well as affirmative identification, is discussed.