Marco Cummaudo, Zuzana Obertova, Niels Lynnerup, Anja Petaros, Hans de Boer, Eric Baccino, Maryna Steyn, Eugenia Cunha, Ann Ross, Pascal Adalian, Elena Kranioti, Tony Fracasso, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Philippe Lefèvre, Stefano Tambuzzi, Robin Peckitt, Carlo Pietro Campobasso, Oguzhan Ekizoglu, Danilo De Angelis, Cristina Cattaneo
Age assessment of migrants is crucial, particularly for unaccompanied foreign minors, a population facing legal, social, and humanitarian challenges. Despite existing guidelines, there is no unified protocol in Europe for age assessment.The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) conducted a comprehensive questionnaire to understand age estimation practices in Europe. The questionnaire had sections focusing on the professional background of respondents, annual assessment numbers, requesting parties and reasons, types of examinations conducted (e...
January 27, 2024: International Journal of Legal Medicine