In his review article John W. Verano covered trauma, warfare, trophy taking, and human
sacrifice, but his discussion mostly focused on the results of studies of museum or private …

Blunt traumas are the most common injuries observed and reported in medical examiner
settings. Two common methods to describe bending bone fractures in the anthropological …

The relationship between the point of blunt impact and the location of cranial fracture
initiation continues to be poorly understood. The current study used high-speed video to …

Fractography is the study of fracture surface morphology and its relationship to crack
propagation. Recent work has demonstrated the utility of fractography for interpreting crack …

This study investigated if microscopic surface features captured with a scanning electron
microscope (SEM) effectively discriminate fracture timing. We hypothesized that microscopic …

This case study review assesses the applicability of forensic fractography of bone to forensic
casework through the evaluation of four blunt-trauma cases. The objectives were to …

Butterfly fractures are expected to form with the transverse portion on the tension side and
the wedge portion on the compression side of a bent bone, however wedges have also …

Forensic fractographic features of bone reliably establish crack propagation in perimortem
injuries. We investigated if similar fracture surface features characterize postmortem …

Thoracic injuries, specifically rib fractures, are of significant clinical and forensic interest and
occur in high frequencies in homicides, accidents, and motor vehicle crashes. However …

This research implements a fractographic approach to investigate the relationships between
kinetic energy, firearm‐to‐target distance, and various aspects of fracture behavior in …