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

Autor: Ibáñez O; Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain. Electronic address: Oscar.ibanez@decsai.ugr.es., Valsecchi A; European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain., Cavalli F; Research Unit of Paleoradiology and Allied Sciences, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy., Huete MI; Physical Anthropology Laboratory, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Campomanes-Alvarez BR; European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain., Campomanes-Alvarez C; European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain., Vicente R; Forensic Sciences Centre (CENCIFOR), Coimbra, Portugal; Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Navega D; Forensic Sciences Centre (CENCIFOR), Coimbra, Portugal; Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Ross A; Department Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA., Wilkinson C; Face Lab, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5TF, UK., Jankauskas R; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania., Imaizumi K; National Research Institute of Police Science, Japan., Hardiman R; Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia., Jayaprakash PT; Forensic Science Program, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia., Ruiz E; Legal Medicine School, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain., Molinero F; Department of Identification - Criminalist Service, Civil Guard, Madrid, Spain., Lestón P; Department of Identification - Criminalist Service, Civil Guard, Madrid, Spain., Veselovskaya E; Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia., Abramov A; Main Department of Criminalistics Investigation Committee of Russia, Moscow, Russia., Steyn M; School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa., Cardoso J; Crime Scene Investigation Section, Forensic Laboratory, Portuguese Criminal Police, Lisbon, Portugal., Humpire D; Public Ministry, Lima, Peru., Lusnig L; Research Unit of Paleoradiology and Allied Sciences, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy., Gibelli D; Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Mazzarelli D; Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Gaudio D; Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Collini F; Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Damas S; European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Leg Med (Tokyo)] 2016 Nov; Vol. 23, pp. 59-70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Oct 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.09.009
Abstrakt: 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.
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