Age estimation of living people undergoing criminal proceedings

Which then are the methods to use? A questionnaire survey was sent to all institutes of forensic medicine as well as to anthropologists and dentists doing forensic work in Germany, Austria, Switzerland to obtain an overview of the methods used for age estimation in the German-speaking countries.2 Th...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2001-07, Vol.358 (9276), p.89-90
Main Authors: Schmeling, Andreas, Olze, Andreas, Reisinger, Walter, Geserick, Gunther
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Determination by Skeleton - methods
Age Determination by Teeth - methods
Age Distribution
Age Factors
Anthropometry - methods
Child
Crime - legislation & jurisprudence
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Crime - trends
Dentistry
Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data
Emigration and Immigration - trends
Europe - epidemiology
Forensic Anthropology - methods
Forensic sciences
Humans
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Which then are the methods to use? A questionnaire survey was sent to all institutes of forensic medicine as well as to anthropologists and dentists doing forensic work in Germany, Austria, Switzerland to obtain an overview of the methods used for age estimation in the German-speaking countries.2 The panel shows the variety of methods used and suggests that there is wide agreement that the following methods are suitable: physical inspection with determination of body measures and signs of sexual maturation, radiographic examination of the hand, and examination by a dentist with evaluation of an orthopantogram. Radiographic examination of numerous segments of the skeleton should not be done because it involves an unnecessary increase in radiation exposure while providing only little additional information.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05379-X