Bone or Stone? Human or Non-Human? - Webinar - November 29, 2023
SKU:
112923-BSHNH
$79.00
$79.00
per item
Instructor: Dr. Teresa ‘Lilly’ White
Hours: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm MST (2-hour lecture)
Registration: Once tuition has been paid, you will receive a registration link via email.
Payment: Please ensure that the student name(s) are entered in the shopping cart. If you are employed by an agency requesting to be invoiced for tuition or if you require assistance with registration, please contact Phil Sanfilippo at [email protected] or call 800-438-7884, ext. 1025.
Hours: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm MST (2-hour lecture)
Registration: Once tuition has been paid, you will receive a registration link via email.
Payment: Please ensure that the student name(s) are entered in the shopping cart. If you are employed by an agency requesting to be invoiced for tuition or if you require assistance with registration, please contact Phil Sanfilippo at [email protected] or call 800-438-7884, ext. 1025.
Bone or Stone? Human or Non-Human?
Attendees of this 2-hour webinar should gain an understanding of what to do if they encounter possible human bones, at a scene.
Distinguishing human from non-human bone is a difficult task. Whenever possible, that task should be left up to a forensic anthropologist who is professionally trained in human osteology, which is the detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification, and the resistance and hardness of bones. With that said, it is also important for crime scene investigators and other forensic specialists to be able to recognize and differentiate human bone from non-human bone on a scene, to save time, money, and resources. For example, according to Forensic Anthropologist, Dr. Bill Bass (1995), 25-30% of all bone cases submitted for forensic identification and analysis are non-human. Those resources could have been used for other purposes.
Topics include:
This course is appropriate for all crime scene and law enforcement personnel and is considered at a basic level.
Attendees of this 2-hour webinar should gain an understanding of what to do if they encounter possible human bones, at a scene.
Distinguishing human from non-human bone is a difficult task. Whenever possible, that task should be left up to a forensic anthropologist who is professionally trained in human osteology, which is the detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification, and the resistance and hardness of bones. With that said, it is also important for crime scene investigators and other forensic specialists to be able to recognize and differentiate human bone from non-human bone on a scene, to save time, money, and resources. For example, according to Forensic Anthropologist, Dr. Bill Bass (1995), 25-30% of all bone cases submitted for forensic identification and analysis are non-human. Those resources could have been used for other purposes.
Topics include:
- Is suspected material bone?
- If it is bone, is it human or non-human?
- How do we differentiate human from faunal bones?
- If it is human, how do we decide if it is contemporary or non-contemporary?
- Forensic Taphonomy
This course is appropriate for all crime scene and law enforcement personnel and is considered at a basic level.
Certification
This course has been submitted to the IAI Certification Boards for approval. Please see our IAI Certifications page for more information.
Now approved for 7 hours of Crime Scene Recertification Credit!
This course has been submitted to the IAI Certification Boards for approval. Please see our IAI Certifications page for more information.
Now approved for 7 hours of Crime Scene Recertification Credit!