Estimation of stature and sex from sacrum and coccyx measurements by multidetector computed tomography in Chinese

Individual identification is one of the most challenging aspects of forensic science. The four main attributes of biological identity that forensic investigators try to determine are ancestry, sex, age and stature [1]. What is more, estimation of sex is a fundamental step for establishing the biological profile of an individual [2], as subsequent methods for stature estimation and age at death are sex dependent [3,4]. While the skull and pelvis are widely acknowledged as the most useful skeletal regions for sex estimation [5,6], they may be unable to be used in some forensic contexts when human remains are disarticulated or fragmentary.
Source: Legal Medicine - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research