ISBN:
9780521885911
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (238 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Human Identity and Identification
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Forensic anthropology
;
Identification
;
Human body
;
Identity (Psychology)
;
Forensic anthropology
;
Human body
;
Identification
;
Identity (Psychology)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Overview of human identity and identification, examining the whole body by integrating biological and social sciences and theories
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Human Identity and Identification; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction and some historical context; 1.2 Human identification: historical context and modern applications; 1.2.1 Human identification disciplines; 1.2.2 Biometric identification; 1.3 Boundaries of identity and identification; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 Categories of identity and identification; 2.1 Sex, gender, the body and science; 2.2 Ageing, the perception of age and the body; 2.3 Race, ethnicity and the body; 2.4 Socio-economic status; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 The skin
Description / Table of Contents:
3.1 The structure of the skin3.2 Skin and identification; 3.2.1 Fingerprints; 3.2.2 Palmprints; 3.2.3 Footprints; 3.2.4 Earprints; 3.3 Skin and identity; 3.3.1 Age; 3.3.2 Gender; 3.3.3 Class; 3.3.4 Ancestry; 3.3.5 Defective skin; 3.3.6 Border disputes: one body = one individual; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Blood and guts; 4.1 The vascular system; 4.2 Blood; 4.2.1 Blood and identification; 4.2.2 Blood and identity; 4.2.3 Blood and religion; 4.3 The eye; 4.3.1 The eye and identification; 4.4 Body fat; 4.4.1 Body fat and identity; 4.4.2 Body fat and identification; 4.5 Organ transplantation
Description / Table of Contents:
4.6 Conclusion5 The skeleton; 5.1 The structure of the skeleton; 5.2 Skeletal aspects of identity and identification; 5.2.1 Biological sex; 5.2.2 Sex, identity and the skeleton; 5.2.3 Age-at-death; 5.2.4 Skeletal age and identity; 5.2.5 Ancestry; 5.2.6 Ethnicity and the skeleton; 5.2.7 Health, stature and the skeleton; 5.2.8 Traumas and pathologies; 5.3 Identifying individuals; 5.4 Conclusion; 6 Biomolecular identification and identity; 6.1 DNA; 6.1.1 DNA-related aspects of identification; 6.1.2 DNA and past populations; 6.1.3 DNA-related aspects of identity
Description / Table of Contents:
6.1.4 Genetic cloning and identity6.1.5 DNA, ethnicity and geographical origins; 6.1.6 Body boundaries and DNA; 6.2 Bacterial communities; 6.3 Stable isotopes; 6.4 Conclusion; 7 Intentional modification of the phenotype; 7.1 Dermal modifications; 7.2 Skeletal modifications; 7.3 Surgical implants; 7.4 Virtual bodies; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 Conclusions: identity and identification; 8.1 The construction of identity and identification; 8.2 The use of the biological and social body; 8.3 Issues with the disciplines; 8.4 Human identity and identification; References; Index;
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