The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures

by Edited by Margaret Cox , Ambika Flavel , Ian Hanson , Joanna Laver , Roland Wessling

• ISBN13: 9780521865876
• ISBN10: 0521865875
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book describes the detailed processes and techniques essential for the scientific investigation of atrocity crimes. It includes methods for the location, evaluation, excavation, recovery, and recording of mass graves and the analysis of human remains and other evidence in order to establish the identity of victims and the cause and manner of their deaths. This volume establishes protocols and standard operating procedures to guide standards and approaches that can be used for both judicial and humanitarian contexts. The procedures for field and mortuary application are flexible and can meet specific project aims, constraints, and contexts.

Table of Contents

Introduction and context

Protocols for the investigation of mass graves

Health and safety

Scenes of crime examination

Search, location, excavation, and recovery

Mortuary procedures I - pathology, radiography and the role of the anatomical pathology technologist

Mortuary procedures II - skeletal analysis 1: procedures and demographic assessment

Mortuary procedures III - skeletal analysis 2: techniques for determining identification

Forensic sciences

Ante-mortem data collection: interaction with families and communities

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