A Skeletal Atlas of Elder Abuse
Funded by the National Institute of Justice, the goals of this study are to 1) establish a skeletal atlas of elder abuse; 2) address the critical gap in current knowledge of how the aging process affects healing times following a fracture; 3) aid in education and improved criminal justice procedures; and 4) elucidate how differentiation of physical abuse from accidental injury contributes to the identification of modifiable risk factors for prevention of abuse.
Recent Presentations
Bolhofner, Katelyn L., Fulginiti, Laura C. and Jane E. Buikstra. Toward a skeletal atlas of elder abuse: A pilot study of fracture patterns in documented cases. 2018. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, Washington.
Bolhofner, Katelyn L., Fulginiti, Laura C. and Jane E. Buikstra. Establishing a skeletal atlas of elder abuse: An expanded study of fracture patterns in documented cases. 2023. Presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, Florida.
The Sonoran Desert Decomposition Project
The Sonoran Desert Decomposition Project is a long-term, multi-disciplinary study of taphonomy and decomposition processes, and their effects on post-mortem changes, of remains exposed to the unique Sonoran Desert climate. The complex data collected in pursuit of this research are being systematically incorporated into The Sonoran Desert Decomposition Database. Future work is planned in collaboration with Dr. Lauren Weidner, PhD, M-ABFE to investigate the intersection between anthropological and entomological data in pursuit of improved methods of post-mortem interval estimation
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