Forensic archaeology and human rights violations / edited by Roxana Ferllini ; (with 15 other contributors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferllini, Roxanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic sciences.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Human rights.

Crimes against humanity.

Political atrocities.

Crime scenes.

Criminal investigation.

Medical jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, [2007]

Contents:

Human rights violations, past and present : consequences and interventions / Roxana Ferllini

The nature of international crimilar law and implications for investigations / John Cerone

International forensic investigations : legal framework, organisation, and performance / Juha Rainio, Kaisa Lalu and Antti Sajantila

Crime-scene management and forensic anthropology : observations and recommendations from the United Kingdom and international cases / Corinne Duhig and Ron Turnbull

Archaeology and the forensic pathologist / Peter Ellis

Forensic anthropological interventions : challenges in the field and at mortuary / Roxana Ferllini

Forensic anthropology in Bosnia and Herzegovina : theory and practice amidst politics and egos / Eva-Elvira Klonowski

Who is missing? Problems in the application of forensic archaeology and anthropology in Columbia's conflict / Ana María Gómez López and Andrés Patiño Umaña

Forensic archaeology and the scientific documentation of human rights violations : an Argentinian example from the early 1980s / Patricia Bernardi and Luis Fondebrider

Hapless in Afghanistan : forensic archaeology in a political maelstrom / Mark Skinner

Preparing the ground : archaeology in a war zone / John Hunter and Barrie Simpson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780398077358

0398077355

OCLC:

148749393