Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Identified Skeletal Series: The Case of the Documented Human Osteological Collections of the University of Bologna (Northern Italy)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Scientific Osteological Collections and Their Utility
3. Forensic Purposes in the Use of Human Osteological Collections
4. Ethical Issues
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sassari | Cagliari | Bologna | Modena “Criminals” | Modena | Parma | Faenza | Dart Collection | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 605 (337M-268F) | 69 (46M-23F) | 418 1 (229M-189F) | 10 (7M-3F) | 57 (15M-9F) | 39 (20M-17F) | 4 (3M) | 6 (6M) |
Age Range (years) | 9–98 | 14–85 | 0–91 | 21–94 | 0–5 | 0–79 | 8–68 | 30–60 |
Known age | 560 | 63 | 397 | 5 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 6 |
Range YOB | 1828–1916 | - | 1814–1922 | - | - | - | - | |
Range YOD | 1918–1932 | 1924–1929 | 1898–1944 | 1916 2 | - | 1928–1930 | 1926–1927 2 | 1924–1925 |
Known occupation | 337 | 2 | 249 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Known cause of death | 2 | - | 388 | - | - | 9 | - | 6 |
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Belcastro, M.G.; Pietrobelli, A.; Nicolosi, T.; Milella, M.; Mariotti, V. Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Identified Skeletal Series: The Case of the Documented Human Osteological Collections of the University of Bologna (Northern Italy). Forensic Sci. 2022, 2, 349-361. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2020025
Belcastro MG, Pietrobelli A, Nicolosi T, Milella M, Mariotti V. Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Identified Skeletal Series: The Case of the Documented Human Osteological Collections of the University of Bologna (Northern Italy). Forensic Sciences. 2022; 2(2):349-361. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2020025
Chicago/Turabian StyleBelcastro, Maria Giovanna, Annalisa Pietrobelli, Teresa Nicolosi, Marco Milella, and Valentina Mariotti. 2022. "Scientific and Ethical Aspects of Identified Skeletal Series: The Case of the Documented Human Osteological Collections of the University of Bologna (Northern Italy)" Forensic Sciences 2, no. 2: 349-361. https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2020025