Forensic age estimation from secondary ossification centres of elbow joint: A digital radiographic study on South Indian metropolitan population in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Age of an individual involving in crime or civil disputes takes immense significance in jurisprudence. In Medical field, a single  criteria or technique is neither exhaustive nor reliable for age estimation across ages; hence we resort to multiple modes of  determining age scientifically and conclude the achieved results. Most widely utilized technique in early years of life is radiographic  assessment of long bones. This technique has been accepted scientifically because of its accuracy in +/- 06 months to 01 year which is  very much needed in settling cases.