Department of Biotechnology, Amity University, Kolkata, India
Opinion
Identification of Cadavers using Forensic Pathology
Author(s): Shagufta Hasan*
A critical issue in forensic pathology is the identification of cadavers, which is the primary responsibility of forensic anthropologists and dentists. However, outside of a few American papers, the official nature of this issue is still poorly understood in most other nations. The authors of this article describe a descriptive analysis of unidentified decedents in Milan over a 14-year period (1995-2008). With a mean of 32 unidentified cases each year, the number of cadavers or human remains arriving at the morgue without an identity totals 3.1% of all autopsies at the Institute of Legal Medicine; 62% of these people were positively recognized within a time frame of a few days to 10 years. On average, 17% are still unidentified. The majority of identification procedures utilized forensic anthropology and dentistry. In order to help forensic pathologists, anthropologists, and odontolog.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2684- 1312.22.7(6).143
