Study on the criteria for assessing skull-face correspondence in craniofacial superimposition

Oscar Ibáñez, Andrea Valsecchi, Fabio Cavalli, María Isabel Huete, Blanca Rosario Campomanes-Alvarez, Carmen Campomanes-Alvarez, Ricardo Vicente, David Navega, Ann Ross, Caroline Wilkinson, Rimantas Jankauskas, Kazuhiko Imaizumi, Rita Hardiman, Paul Thomas Jayaprakash, Elena Ruiz, Francisco Molinero, Patricio Lestón, Elizaveta Veselovskaya, Alexey Abramov, Maryna SteynJoao Cardoso, Daniel Humpire, Luca Lusnig, Daniele Gibelli, Debora Mazzarelli, Daniel Gaudio, Federica Collini, Sergio Damas

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Abstract

Craniofacial superimposition has the potential to be used as an identification method when other traditional biological techniques are not applicable due to insufficient quality or absence of ante-mortem and post-mortem data. Despite having been used in many countries as a method of inclusion and exclusion for over a century it lacks standards. Thus, the purpose of this research is to provide forensic practitioners with standard criteria for analysing skull-face relationships. Thirty-seven experts from 16 different institutions participated in this study, which consisted of evaluating 65 criteria for assessing skull-face anatomical consistency on a sample of 24 different skull-face superimpositions. An unbiased statistical analysis established the most objective and discriminative criteria. Results did not show strong associations, however, important insights to address lack of standards were provided. In addition, a novel methodology for understanding and standardizing identification methods based on the observation of morphological patterns has been proposed.

Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)59-70
Numero di pagine12
RivistaLegal Medicine
Volume23
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 1 nov 2016
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