Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Skeletal trauma analysis: case studies in context -- References -- Chapter 2 Atypical gunshot and blunt force injuries: wounds along the biomechanical continuum -- Introduction -- Background -- Gunshot trauma -- Blunt force trauma -- Biomechanical continuum -- Case 1: depressed fracture of inner table from historic gunshot contusion -- Background -- Description -- Case 2: depressed fracture from .32 caliber, short, Smith & Wesson projectile -- Background -- Description -- Case 3: penetrating depressed fracture from detached umbrella tip -- Background -- Description -- Case 4: depressed fracture from perforating blunt impact from edged metal foreign object -- Background -- Description -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 3 Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death -- Introduction -- The cases -- First forensic anthropology examination -- The implications of over-interpreting bone injuries -- Scene context -- Case A -- Case B -- Autopsy and police investigation -- Case A -- Case B -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Skeletal injuries in cases of child abuse: two case studies from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences -- Introduction -- Case 1 -- Case history -- Findings -- Case 2 -- Case history -- Findings -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Blunt force trauma patterns in the human skull and thorax: a case study from northern California -- Introduction -- Case background -- Biological profile -- Antemortem trauma -- Right tibia -- Right hand -- Perimortem trauma -- Skull -- Thorax -- Trauma interpretation -- Craniofacial trauma -- Thoracic trauma -- Case resolution -- Conclusions.

Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Patterns of skeletal trauma inflicted during the Spanish Civil War -- Introduction -- The Spanish Civil War -- Materials -- Examples of trauma from Monte Costaján -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Patterns of skeletal trauma -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Shot and beaten to death? Suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of postmortem water immersion -- Introduction -- Case description -- Trauma analysis -- Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Man's best friend: a case study of ballistics trauma and animal scavenging -- Introduction -- Bone biomechanics -- Case study -- References -- Chapter 9 Skeletal evidence of violent sexual assault in remains with excessive evidence of scavenging -- Introduction -- Case history -- Analysis -- Were the remains of the victim located where the wife had indicated? -- Was blunt trauma evident on the skeleton? -- Was a tire iron or metal rod indicated? -- An additional finding -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 Neurocranial fractures -- Introduction -- Case 1 -- Background -- Findings -- Case 2 -- Background -- Findings -- Understanding neurocranial fracture patterns -- Experimental studies -- Computer modeling -- Case studies -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11 Blunt force trauma associated with a fall from heights -- Introduction -- Trauma analysis -- Antemortem trauma -- Perimortem trauma -- Postmortem trauma -- Summary -- Case outcome -- References -- Chapter 12 Low-velocity impact trauma: an illustrative selection of cases from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command - Central Identification Laboratory -- Introduction -- Case 1 -- Individuals 1 and 2 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Conclusions/takeaways -- Disclaimer -- References.

Chapter 13 Blast trauma -- Introduction -- Blast traumas -- Experimental studies on skeletal blast trauma -- Differentiating blast trauma from other types of trauma -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 14 Case studies in skeletal blast trauma -- Introduction -- Case background -- Case reports -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Disclaimer -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15 Burned human remains in a double homicide: a forensic case in Cyprus -- Introduction -- Case study overview -- Initial anthropological analysis -- Pattern analysis and injury mechanism -- Taking the next step: in search for the torso -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 16 The utility of spatial analysis in the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in burned human remains -- Introduction -- Classifying the severity of fire modification -- Recognizing process signatures -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 17 Three modes of dismemberment: disarticulation around the joints, transection of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing -- Introduction -- Modes of dismemberment -- Disarticulation around the joints -- Transection via chopping -- Transection via sawing -- Case 1: Disarticulation around the joints -- Background -- Skeletal trauma -- Additional information -- Case 2: Transection via chopping -- Background -- Skeletal trauma -- Case summary -- Additional information -- Case 3: Transection via sawing -- Background -- Skeletal trauma -- Case summary -- Additional information -- Conclusions -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 18 Kreischer Mansion homicide -- Introduction -- Case background/investigation -- Homicide details -- Search and recovery efforts - I.

Search and recovery efforts - II -- Initial findings/interpretation -- Search and recovery efforts - III -- Findings/interpretations -- Trial and conviction -- Disclaimer -- References -- Chapter 19 Postmortem trauma and the "CSI Effect:" is television making smarter criminals? -- Introduction -- The "CSI Effect" -- Criminal behavior and forensic anthropology -- The case -- Body discovery and autopsy -- Police investigation -- The killing and subsequent 2 days -- The evidence cover-up continues -- Conclusions -- References -- Index -- Supplemental Images -- EULA.