Forensic
Approaches to
Death, Disaster and Abuse
Edited by Marc Oxenham
Australian National University
How are forensic
investigations conducted? What are the latest techniques in forensic
methods? This book provides a comprehensive resource for the study
of forensic science and its approaches to the investigation of death,
disaster, and abuse. Editor Marc Oxenham has drawn together scientists
and practitioners from the Asia–Pacific region with a range of
specialties who provide a context to understand how their various approaches
and processes in forensic investigation contribute to a successful
outcome. The book has been structured into four sections comprising:
• forensic archaeology
• techniques of human identification
• determining time, manner and cause of death
• legal, ethical and procedural issues.
As a background to
understanding the main issues, problems, solutions, debates, controversies
and everyday practical approaches to the practice of forensic science,
Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse is an invaluable aid
to students, academics and practitioners.
About
the Editor
Dr Marc
Oxenham is a Lecturer
in Archaeology and Bioanthropology at the prestigious Australian National
University (ANU), Canberra Australia. His research concentrates on
elucidating aspects of human palaeohealth, palaeopathology and behaviour
by way of analyses of human skeletal and dental material. He currently
supervises a number of graduate students in the fields of bioarchaeology,
forensic anthropology and mortuary archaeology.
Table
of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - The Forensic
Sciences, Anthropology and Investigations Into Abuse and the Loss of
Life
Marc Oxenham
Section
1: Forensic Archaeology
CHAPTER 2 - Forensic Archaeology: Approaches to International Investigations
Ian Hanson
CHAPTER 3 - The Basics of Forensic Taphonomy: Understanding Cadaver Decomposition
in Terrestrial Gravesites
Mark Tibbett
CHAPTER 4 - Identification of Australian Aboriginal Mortuary Remains
Marc F. Oxenham, Tom Knight and Michael Westaway
CHAPTER 5 - The Role of the Biological Anthropologist in Mass Grave Investigations
Tim Anson and Michael Trimble
CHAPTER 6 - Human, Sheep or Kangaroo: A Practical Guide to Identifying
Human Skeletal Remains in Australia.
Marc Oxenham and Richard Barwick
Section 2: Techniques of Human Identification
CHAPTER 7 - Forensic Anthropology in Australia: A Brief History and Review
of Casework
Denise Donlon
CHAPTER 8 - Detection of Likely Ancestry Using CRANID
Richard Wright
CHAPTER 9 - Identifying
Child Abuse in Skeletonised Subadult Remains
Hallie R Buckley and Kelly Whittle
CHAPTER 10 - Methods of Facial Approximation and Skull-Face Superimposition,
With Special Consideration of Method Development in Australia
Carl N. Stephan, Ronn G. Taylor and Jane A. Taylor
CHAPTER 11 - Ancestry, Age, Sex, and Stature: Identification in a Diverse
Space
Judith Littleton and Rebecca Kinaston
CHAPTER 12 - Geographic Origin and Mobility Recorded in the Chemical
Composition of Human Tissues
Donald Pate
Section 3: Determining Time, Manner and Cause of Death
CHAPTER 13 - The Role of the Coroner
David Ranson
CHAPTER 14 - The Use of Insects and Associated Arthropods in Legal Cases:
A Historical and Practical Perspective
Ian R. Dadour and Michelle L. Harvey
CHAPTER 15 - Forensic Chemistry: Applications to Decomposition and Preservation
Shari Forbes
CHAPTER 16 - Forensic Identification in Fatal Crocodile Attacks
Walter B. Wood
Section
4: Legal, Ethical and Procedural Issues
CHAPTER 17 - The Role of an International Law Enforcement Agency
in the Identification of Deceased Persons and Remains
James Robertson
CHAPTER 18 - Forensic Nanotechnology, Biosecurity and Medical Professionalism:
Improving the Australian Health Care System’s Response to Terrorist
Bombings
Thomas Alured Faunce
CHAPTER 19 - Institutions and the Health of Prisoners and Detainees
Christine Phillips
CHAPTER 20 - Expert Witness in a Courtroom: Australian Experience
Maciej Henneberg
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ISBN: 9781875378906
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First
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