The aim of this book is to dissect forensic anthropology and forensic pathology into their various contributions to contemporary society.

The book is organized into five parts: part I presents both disciplines—forensic anthropology and forensic pathology. Part II contains techniques for age estimation of living individuals for reasons of imputability. Part III discusses all the steps of forensic analysis precisely from recovery to the cause of death. Part IV reviews the state of knowledge on assessing sex, age, stature, and ancestry from skeletal remains, discussing and reviewing the question of personal identity. Crimes against humanity and mass disasters are examined in part V, which analyzes their different problems.

This book provides original, illustrated, and updated articles on the parameters of the biological profile and encompasses the factors involved in individualization, the decay process of a body, and the relevance of each step for forensic sciences, bone trauma, access to a number of international organizations, and protocols related to the subject, all with perspectives of expertise from different countries, namely, Europe, North America, and Latin America.

The book can be recommended to postgraduate students and researchers in forensic medicine and pathology, forensic anthropology, law sciences, and the police.