CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Alphonse Bertillon, Eye Color, Mastoid Part Of The Temporal Bone
23 Oct 2018
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In one year, identified 300: 1879-took it to head of sur t turned down, 1883- identified his first repeat offender, sur t started using it, bertillionage, or anthropometric indications, added written descriptions. Assumption: assumed each character was inherited independently, 14 characteristics, 5 ranks, chance of any 2 people having the same in all 14 characteristics, extremely unlikely! War research on id methods: american civil war, spanish/american war, wwi and wwii, korean war, vietnam war. First question whodunit: last question to be answered, who is the victim, many questions must be answered first. If the skeleton is in crime scene, anthropologist must call in by law bones. Describing victim biologically: description compare with missing persons records, fresh body direct observation, skeletonized forensic anthropologist, phd in physical anthropology, consultant to police. Physical description of the body: sex, age, ancestry, stature, weight, eye/hair colour, tattoos, need all or most of above for tentative id 1 or 2 are not enough!
