Forensic diagnosis of race--General race vs specific populations

Alice M. Brues

Social Science & Medicine, 1992, vol. 34, issue 2, 125-128

Abstract: Commonly used methods of diagnosing racial affinity from the skull may give paradoxical results. This may be due to using single populations to represent large geographical areas, and to the use of measurements unduly subject to local variation. It is suggested that a more flexible approach, using appropriate local populations and selected measurements, would be entirely practical with the use of modern small computers.

Keywords: forensic; diagnosis; craniometry; race; local; populations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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