ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 8

Metropolitan Forensic Anthropology Team (MFAT) Studies in Identification: 1. Race and Sex Assessment by Discriminant Function Analysis of the Postcranial Skeleton
Goldman, AD
Forensic odontologist, MFAT, Lehman College, City University of New York, NY

Linares, GH
Assistant New Jersey state medical examiner and consultant in forensic pathology to MFAT, Lehman College, City University of New York, NY

Taylor, JV
Director, MFAT, and associate professor of anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York, NY

DeForest, PR
Associate professor of criminalistics, The John Jay College of Criminal Justice and consultant in criminalistics, MFAT, Lehman College, City University of New York, NY

DiBennardo, R
Associate professor of anthropology and statistical consultant to MFAT, Lehman College, City University of New York, NY

(Received 3 June 1983; accepted 4 October 1983)

Abstract

A case study is presented to demonstrate the utility of the team approach to the identification of human remains, and to illustrate a methodological innovation developed by MFAT. Case 1 represents the first of several planned case studies, each designed to present new methodological solutions to standard problems in identification. The present case describes a test, by application, of race and sex assessment of the postcranial skeleton by discriminant function analysis.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, anthropology, odontology, human identification, team approach, discriminant analysis, racing, sexing

Paper ID: JFS11738J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11738J
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