Journal de recherche médico-légale

Forensic Age Estimation

In a criminal scene, when an unknown body of a victim has been obtained, the forensic experts start to analyse the evidences. Like cause of death, details of victim, such as age. Thus forensic age estimation has an important role. There are some patterns like size of the body, teeth, skull analysis are used to determine age of a person.

Cold cases are known for their complications and without proper expertise and methodology, these cases cannot be proved and forensic age estimation has an important role in these cases. Forensic age estimation deals with the crimes, where the dead body, has been buried or decomposed, burnt (fire accidents) etc. The forensic experts identify the victim, using scientific forensic age estimation techniques. Identifying a person’s, with forensic age estimation to identify his age is also an important aspect.

Related journals of Forensic age estimation

Journal de recherche médico-légale, Forensic medicine, Forensic Toxicology and Pharmacology, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Pathology Open Access, Forensic Science International: Genetics, Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, Journal of Forensic Sciences