Commingled human remains : methods in recovery, analysis, and identification / edited by Bradley J. Adams, John E. Byrd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, Bradley, editor.

Byrd, John E., editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead--Identification.

Dead.

Forensic pathology.

Forensic anthropology.

Mass burials.

Forensic Anthropology--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Forensic Anthropology--methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 519 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Commingled human remains are encountered in situations ranging from prehistoric ossuaries to recent mass fatality incidents. Commingled Human Remains: Methods in Recovery, Analysis, and Identification brings together tools from diverse sources within the forensic science community to offer a set of comprehensive approaches to resolving issues associated with commingled remains. This edition focuses on forensic situations, although some examples from prehistoric contexts are also addressed. Commingling of bones and other body parts is a major obstacle to individual identification that must be addressed before other forensic determinations or research can proceed. Regardless of the cause for the commingling (transportation disaster, terrorist attack, natural disaster, genocide, etc.) it is critical that the proper experts are involved and that the proper techniques are employed to achieve the greatest success in making identifications. Resolution of commingling nearly always requires consideration of multiple lines of evidence that cross the disciplinary lines of modern forensic science. The use of archaeology, DNA, and forensic anthropology are several areas that are critical in this process and these are core topics presented in this book. Even a relatively "simple" mass fatality event can become very complicated once body fragmentation and commingling occur. Expectations associated with all phases of the process from recovery of remains to their final identification and release to next of kin must be managed appropriately.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

012405918X

9780124059184

Publisher Number:

99969094152

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.