This book summarizes and explains the main approaches to age estimation in the living, defining when a parameter may be of use and raising awareness of its limitations. This text ensures that practitioners recognize when an assessment is beyond their area of expertise or beyond verification depending upon the clinical data available. Each key approach to age evaluation has been allotted a single chapter, written by an international leader in the particular field. The book also includes summary chapters that relay readily accessible data for use by the practitioner, and includes important "ageing milestones."
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Age Estimation in the Living: The Practitioner's Guide is the definitive guide to this topical subject and is written by leading experts in the field. The book provides the reader with key information on current protocols for age-estimation and the importance of the presentation of results and statistics for legal purposes.
Age Estimation in the Living: The Practitioner's Guide summarises and explains the main approaches to age estimation in the living. The limitations of these techniques are thoroughly examined, with the purpose of ensuring that practitioners recognise when an assessment is beyond their area of expertise or beyond verification depending upon the clinical data available. Each key approach to age estimation is dealt with in distinct chapter with summary chapters to relay key information for easy reference.
- Authoritative approach draws on the experience of a team of leading figures in the field
- Provides a truly comprehensive overview of available techniques
- Highlights the limits of age estimation in the living, allowing practitioners to accurately assess their own expertise
- Written in an engaging and stimulating manner and includes case studies which show the sometimes crucial role of age estimation in the living
