Skull-photo superimposition and border deaths: Identification through exclusion and the failure to exclude

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Fenton, Todd W ^a   Heard, Amber N ^a   Sauer, Norman J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border deaths; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Identification; Skull photo superimposition

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; FACE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEXICO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKULL;

EID: 39049137890     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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