The difficult issue of age assessment on pedo-pornographic material

Forensic Science International

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages

  Cattaneo, Cristina ^a   Ritz Timme, Stefanie ^b   Gabriel, Peter ^b   Gibelli, Daniele ^a   Giudici, Elena ^a   Poppa, Pasquale ^a   Nohrden, Doerte ^b   Assmann, Sabine ^b   Schmitt, Roland ^b   Grandi, Marco ^a  

^a Ist di Med Legale e delle Assic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Forensic anthropology; Juvenile pornography; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; CRIME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; PARAMETER; PEDIATRICIAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 58149159720     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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