Eidam J, Kleemann W J, Urban R
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
Beitr Gerichtl Med. 1991;49:67-73.
Since 1982 we examined 26 living human beings in our institute to determine their age. Two third of all cases were children of gipsy-clans being arrested without exception after theft and having no or false identity cards, so that the authorities were not sure about the use of either of juvenile or adult criminal law. Besides other investigations best results were obtained by X-ray examinations of the teeth, the shoulder and the hand and wrist. In consideration of the limitations by the used scientific methods we were able to determine age in all cases.
自1982年以来，我们在本研究所对26名在世的人类进行了年龄鉴定。所有案例中有三分之二是吉普赛部落的儿童，他们无一例外都是在盗窃后被捕，且没有身份证或持假身份证，因此当局无法确定适用少年刑法还是成人刑法。除了其他调查外，通过对牙齿、肩部以及手部和腕部进行X射线检查获得了最佳结果。考虑到所用科学方法的局限性，我们能够确定所有案例中的年龄。
