TY - JOUR
T1 - Study on the criteria for assessing skull-face correspondence in craniofacial superimposition
AU - Ibáñez, Oscar
AU - Valsecchi, Andrea
AU - Cavalli, Fabio
AU - Huete, María Isabel
AU - Campomanes-Alvarez, Blanca Rosario
AU - Campomanes-Alvarez, Carmen
AU - Vicente, Ricardo
AU - Navega, David
AU - Ross, Ann
AU - Wilkinson, Caroline
AU - Jankauskas, Rimantas
AU - Imaizumi, Kazuhiko
AU - Hardiman, Rita
AU - Jayaprakash, Paul Thomas
AU - Ruiz, Elena
AU - Molinero, Francisco
AU - Lestón, Patricio
AU - Veselovskaya, Elizaveta
AU - Abramov, Alexey
AU - Steyn, Maryna
AU - Cardoso, Joao
AU - Humpire, Daniel
AU - Lusnig, Luca
AU - Gibelli, Daniele
AU - Mazzarelli, Debora
AU - Gaudio, Daniel
AU - Collini, Federica
AU - Damas, Sergio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Craniofacial identification
KW - Craniofacial relationships
KW - Craniofacial superimposition
KW - Forensic anthropology
KW - Physical anthropology
KW - Skull-face overlay
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991261745&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.09.009
M3 - Article
SN - 1344-6223
VL - 23
SP - 59
EP - 70
JO - Legal Medicine
JF - Legal Medicine
ER -