Frontal sinus accuracy in identification as measured by false positives in kin groups.
The aims of this study were to verify if frontal sinuses can uniquely identify individuals belonging to family groups using Cameriere methods and to test if kinship can affect the proportion of erroneous identifications. For this purpose, we compared the proportion of false-positive identifications in a sample of 99 individuals within 20 families with a control sample of 98 other individuals without kinship. The results show that the combined use of SOR and the Yoshino code number allows personal identification with a small probability of false positives (p < 10(-6)), even when kinship is taken into account. The present research confirms the importance of studying anthropological frameworks for identification, which leads to reliable methods and allows for both quick and economic procedures.
Cameriere
Roberto
R
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy. r.cameriere@unimc.it
Ferrante
Luigi
L
Molleson
Theya
T
Brown
Barry
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012016:Reference Values; D055815:Young Adult