Journal of Forensic Research

Department of Anthropology, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, Criminal Justice and Sociology, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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• Research   
  A Preliminary Study to Find Key Craniometric Landmark Measurements Important in Identifying ‘Hispanics’ in the Forensic Context
  Author(s): Conrad B. Quintyn*
  
  Objective: This study attempts to find craniometric landmark measurements that can be standardized and used to identify the ethnicity/race ‘Hispanic’ when unknown crania are found by the police. Methods: Craniometric measurements (n=31) were collected from a small sample (n=13) of documented Hispanic crania curated at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Albuquerque, New Mexico. These craniometric measurements, despite documented population affiliation, were analyzed by the FORDISC 3.1 computer program to verify ancestry. The 31 craniometric measurements of the Maxwell Museum sample were converted to means, and then analyzed in FORDISC 3.1 Forensic Data Base (FDB). Subsequently, the craniometric means for the Maxwell Museum Hispanics were compared to the craniometric means calculated by FORDISC 3.1 FDB for Hispanic males (n=148) a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7145.2024.15.627

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