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"Over the last 10 years, interest in the disciplines of forensic anthropology and archaeology has exploded. In order to provide archaeologists and their students with a reliable understanding of these disciplines, this authoritative volume draws contributions from fifty experienced practitioners from around the world to offer a solid foundation in both the practical and ethical components of forensic work. Over 40 chapters weave together historical development, current field methods in analyzing crime, natural disasters and human atrocities, an array of laboratory techniques, key case studies, legal, professional, and ethical issues, and promising future directions, all from a global perspective. This volume will be the benchmark for the understanding of anthropological and archaeological forensics for years to come. This Handbook is sponsored by World Archaeological Congress"-- "With contributions from 70 experienced practitioners from around the world, this second edition of the authoritative Handbook of Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology provides a solid foundation in both the practical and ethical components of forensic work. The book weaves together the discipline's historical development; current field methods for analyzing crime, natural disasters, and human atrocities; an array of laboratory techniques; key case studies involving legal, professional, and ethical issues; and ideas about the future of forensic work--all from a global perspective. This fully revised second edition -provides an updated perspective of the disciplines of forensic archaeology and anthropology; -expands the geographic representation of the first edition by including chapters from practitioners in South Africa and Colombia; -adds exciting new chapters on the International Commission on Missing Persons and on forensic work being done to identify victims of the Battle of Fromelles during World War I"--

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La médecine légale est présente dans de nombreux domaines scientifiques et fait régulièrement la Une des médias, que ce soit par le dévoilement de diverses affaires criminelles, par l'apparition de grandes catastrophes, qu'elles soient naturelles ou engendrées par le développement des transports de toute nature, et enfin par l'existence d'éliminations massives, génocidaires ou terroristes. La diversité des champs couverts en fait une des spécialités médicales les plus complexes. Un recueil de données incomparable L'ouvrage rappelle les notions physico-chimiques ou physiopathologiques de base, avant d'entamer les spécifies médico-légales propres. Il offre tant au juriste qu'au médecin ou à l'enquêteur de multiples schémas et tableaux, rendant la lecture abordable. Une nouvelle édition actualisée La deuxième édition investit des domaines d'actualité et complète les sujets précédemment traités. Ce développement passe par l'imagerie médicale, l'autopsie dite "virtuelle", les conceptions nouvelles en matière de mort naturelle, basées sur les récentes découvertes génétiques et les diverses cardiopathies entrant dans le cadre de l'autopsie "moléculaire". Parmi les nouveautés, citons l'ostéologie lésionnelle, regroupant la biomécanique osseuse, les traumatismes osseux, la paléopathologie ainsi que l'effet des hautes températures sur la voûte crânienne. Quelques aspects liés au terrorisme et aux lésions dues aux explosions sont détaillés. Le domaine des armes à létalité réduite est également exploré. Il en est de même de la génétique, où les aspects de l'analyse de l'ADN ancien ont été introduits. La toxicologie a été radicalement modernisée. L'actualisation porte également sur une vision plus large de la violence, en y introduisant des facettes psychopathologiques ainsi que des approches multidisciplinaires.

Forensic Medicine --- Medical jurisprudence --- Médecine légale --- handbooks --- Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Guides, manuels, etc. --- Dissection --- Autopsy --- Thanatology --- Médecine légale --- Forensic Anthropology --- handbooks.

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Juvenile homicide and fatal maltreatment remain serious and pervasive problems in the developed world and especially in the United States, where in 2005 some 1,500 children died from neglect and physical abuse. Alarming statistics such as this, as well as an upsurge in the media attention paid to all things forensic, underscore the pressing need for the utmost rigor in the scientific investigation of child abuse cases. This well timed volume is a response to the climate of public and press interest in such inquiries, where the forensic aspects of the casework generate an enormous amount of attention. The contributions cover a wide range of topics and explore many of the finer details of investigations into juvenile fatalities suspected of being abuse-related. The chapters reflect both the multi-disciplinary nature of such investigations, and also the need for law enforcement professionals to take a rounded, holistic approach to the casework involved.   The motivational factors that lead many professionals enter this arena of investigation are, of course, personal and individual. However, at the core of their commitment and their work is a shared need for justice, plain and simple. Victim advocacy and protecting the rights of children, both living and deceased, remains a key impetus for those professionals who specialize in child abuse research. At the heart of this book is the aim of providing both a vital resource for investigators, and a purposeful voice for the young victims of abuse, unable as they are to stand up and speak for themselves.

Forensic osteology --- Filicide --- Child abuse --- Forensic anthropology --- Forensic Sciences --- Anthropology, Physical --- Age Groups --- Child Welfare --- Domestic Violence --- Crime --- Social Problems --- Medicine --- Social Welfare --- Sociology --- Persons --- Violence --- Anthropology --- Criminology --- Health Occupations --- Social Sciences --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Named Groups --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Homicide --- Child Abuse --- Forensic Medicine --- Forensic Anthropology --- Child --- Infant --- Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Legal & Forensic Medicine --- Investigation --- Skeleton. --- Investigation. --- Osteology --- Medicine. --- Laboratory medicine. --- Forensic science. --- Forensic medicine. --- Anthropology. --- Biomedicine. --- Forensic Science. --- Forensic Medicine. --- Laboratory Medicine. --- Bones --- Criminal investigation --- Medical laboratories. --- Human beings --- Diagnosis, Laboratory --- Health facilities --- Laboratories --- Forensic medicine --- Injuries (Law) --- Jurisprudence, Medical --- Legal medicine --- Forensic sciences --- Medical laws and legislation --- Clinical medicine --- Clinical pathology --- Diagnostic laboratory tests --- Laboratory diagnosis --- Laboratory medicine --- Medical laboratory diagnosis --- Diagnosis --- Pathology --- Criminalistics --- Forensic science --- Science --- Primitive societies --- Medical jurisprudence. --- Social sciences

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Anthropologists have been appearing as key expert witnesses in native title claims for over 20 years. Until now, however, there has been no theoretically-informed, detailed investigation of how the expert testimony of anthropologists is formed and how it is received by judges. This book examines the structure and habitus of both the field of anthropology and the juridical field and how they have interacted in four cases, including the original hearing in the Mabo case. The analysis of background material has been supplemented by interviews with the key protagonists in each case. This allows the reader a unique, insider's perspective of the courtroom drama that unfolds in each case. The book asks, given the available ethnographic research, how will the anthropologist reconstruct it in a way that is relevant to the legal doctrine of native title when that doctrine gives a wide leeway for interpretation on the critical questions.

Evidence, Expert --- Forensic anthropology --- Aboriginal Australians --- Native title (Australia) --- Law - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Aboriginal title (Australia) --- Australian aboriginal title --- Anthropology, Forensic --- Medicolegal anthropology --- Expert evidence --- Expert testimony --- Expert witness --- Expert witnesses --- Opinion evidence --- Scientific evidence (Law) --- Land titles --- Torres Strait Islanders --- Forensic sciences --- Physical anthropology --- Evidence (Law) --- Witnesses --- Land tenure --- Anthropology