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Forensic archaeology and human right violations / edited by Roxana Ferllini ; contributors, Patricia Bernardi, [and fourteen others].
- Format:
- Book
- 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:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Distribution:
- [Place of distribution not identified] : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., [date of distribution not identified]
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Illinois : Charles C Thomas Publisher, Ltd., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Forensic archaeology has become a paramount tool with regard to the investigation of human rights abuses in recent times, by utilizing field techniques that provide a scientific means of searching, locating and recovering the victims of human rights abuses. By applying such techniques, human remains may be positively identified, thereby assisting survivors who are then able to lay their dead to rest and begin a process of closure after such tragic events have occurred. Additionally, the circumstances of the victim's demise will be accurately recorded, and in course this information will be dul
- Contents:
- FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT:; Chapter 2 THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW; Chapter 3 INTERNATIONAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS:; Chapter 4 CRIME-SCENE MANAGEMENT AND FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY:; Chapter 5 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST; Chapter 6 FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS:; Chapter 7 FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; Chapter 8 WHO IS MISSING?; Chapter 9 FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY ANDT HE SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS:; Chapter 10 HAPLESS IN AFGHANISTAN:
- Chapter 11 PREPARING THE GROUND:INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08519-6
- OCLC:
- 689996252
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