Abstract
Age and stature estimation have apparent implications in personal identification in the events of murder, accidents or natural disaster mainly concern with forensic identification analysis. Self-reported anthropometric data is convenient and inexpensive, but relying on this data requires an accurate estimation of age and height. The biasness, precision, and accuracy of adult’s self-reported age and height across subpopulations were examined using a representative sample of adults. Aim of the present study is to report bias in an individual’s reported and documented age and height estimates. The study sample were included more than 200 young adult students (100 male and 100 female subjects approximately) from Panjab university, Chandigarh, age from 18 to 25. Linear and multiple regression analysis were done to formulate equations which would be helpful for estimation of stature and age from self-reported data for both male and females. The best correlation estimation in multiple and linear regression equations for age estimation in male was shown self-reported data whereas in females reported to be data from parents rather than self-reported data , females tends to decrease their age number as shown in results while in stature best variable is self-reported. The weakest correlation was reported to be data from close friends in both males and females.
Highlights
Forensic anthropology is the sub-discipline that applies the principles and methods of physical anthropology to legal issues and identifying unknown individuals is a key part of forensic anthropology
Brazilian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Medical Law and Bioethics 8(4):[258-271] (2019) 259 forensic/ medico legal department, working with unknown variable is to describe the remains in such terms so that one can achieve the goal of estimating age, at the time of the time of death, sex, stock/race/ancestry stature, body weight, details of individualizing characteristics either amputation, fractures, ankylosis, deformities and bone pathologies remains bones[1,2,3].Stature reconstruction is an important factor in stature estimation, it provides forensic anthropological estimate of the height of a person in the living state, playing a vital role in the identification of individual
Assessing the accuracy of self-reports would help employers, researchers, and policy makers determine the validity of financial estimates related to healthcare utilization and absenteeism
Summary
Forensic anthropology is the sub-discipline that applies the principles and methods of physical anthropology to legal issues and identifying unknown individuals is a key part of forensic anthropology. Brazilian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Medical Law and Bioethics 8(4):[258-271] (2019) 259 forensic/ medico legal department, working with unknown variable is to describe the remains in such terms so that one can achieve the goal of estimating age, at the time of the time of death, sex, stock/race/ancestry stature, body weight, details of individualizing characteristics either amputation, fractures, ankylosis, deformities and bone pathologies remains bones[1,2,3].Stature reconstruction is an important factor in stature estimation, it provides forensic anthropological estimate of the height of a person in the living state, playing a vital role in the identification of individual. In forensic context, age determination is a fundamental but crucial question for investigating crimes, mass disasters or war crimes where a number of unknown victims are to be identified. Time and the accuracy of the age range are basic factors in developing identification procedures, though it is one of the most difficult aims to achieve in forensic anthropological investigations[2,3]. The objective of this study is to provide a guide line of information for the law enforcement agencies, forensic anthropologist, security experts and forensic medicine discipline experts in estimating correct age and stature figures for
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