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OverviewThe problem of missing, endangered, and unidentified persons is increasingly approached through a human rights model with successful outcomes. Contexts vary from international investigations into war crimes, genocide, and extrajudicial killings to American “cold cases.” In all these examples, anthropologists play critical roles such as searching for clandestine graves, crime scene recovery, human identification, interviewing witnesses, repatriation, public education, and testifying in court. To successfully identify unknown persons, key questions about human variation and biology are essential. For example, can ancestry be reliably estimated? What are the ramifications of estimating the biological profile of an unknown person without appropriate references samples? Does the variation occur because of inherent genetic variation or environmental conditions? Given the potential variation that exists, what are the implications of using standard calibrations across populations in criminal trials? Moreover, forensic anthropologists today work in diverse cultural and legal environments. How do the roles of forensic anthropologists differ in diverse legal settings? The current practice of forensic anthropology ranges from field to lab to courtroom and has evolved as a discipline from what it was almost a century ago. The purpose of this volume is to explore the ways in which forensic anthropology intersects with current human right and humanitarian justice initiatives. The 11 papers in this series include a range of emerging new tools and approaches to human identification and the investigation of long-term missing and unidentified persons. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Erin H. Kimmerle , David Himmelgreen (University of South Florida, USA) , Satish Kedia (University of Memphis, USA)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Edition: Volume 38, Issue 1 Dimensions: Width: 17.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9781119076933ISBN 10: 1119076935 Pages: 169 Publication Date: 23 December 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationErin H. Kimmerle and David Himmelgreen are the authors of Practicing Forensic Anthropology: A Human Rights Approach to the Global Problem of Missing and Unidentified Persons, published by Wiley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |