Advances in Forensic Human Identification

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Advances in Forensic Human Identification offers a comprehensive overview of the latest scientific methods and emerging modalities in forensic identification. This collection of expert contributions covers a broad range of topics, from physical identification and biometric technologies to the complexities of online and sexual identities. Case studies highlight practical challenges and the impact of forensic evidence interpretation, while discussions address the future of forensic science within the UK amid financial and institutional changes.
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This book is ideal for practitioners, policy makers, and students involved in forensic science, criminal investigation, and legal sectors seeking to deepen their understanding of advanced forensic identification techniques and contemporary challenges in the field.

A supplemental follow-up to Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction, this volume covers advances in the most well-known scientific techniques and discusses developing subjects and modalities of human identification. It looks at several issues beyond physical identification of human remains or offenders. It examines online, sexual,

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As forensic human identification receives increased global attention, practitioners, policymakers, and students need an appropriate resource that describes current methods and modalities that have shaped today’s policies and protocols. A supplemental follow-up to Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction, Advances in Forensic Human Identification covers advances in the most well-known scientific techniques and discusses new and developing subjects and modalities of human identification.

A collection of contributions from worldwide experts, the book embraces a broad context and looks at several issues beyond the physical identification of human remains or offenders. The book examines online, sexual, and biometric identities and discusses problems associated with investigative practice, such as the developing use of the Internet as a distribution and communication medium for criminal activities. It also explores miscarriages of justice that can result from flawed applications or interpretations of forensic evidence. Finally, it looks at the future of forensic science in the United Kingdom in light of financial challenges and the closure of the Forensic Science Service. Where appropriate, case studies illustrate the use of techniques and the associated problems described in the text. The downloadable resources include images in full colour.

This volume provides an important contribution to the ongoing practitioner and academic debates surrounding the application of forensic technologies. The insight presented is destined to springboard further inquiry into enhanced techniques and underlies the need for more research into the appropriate use of identification techniques to solve the mysteries of the unknown.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781439825143

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 January 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Illustration: 6 Tables, black and white; 132 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Xanthe Mallett
Edited by Teri Blythe
Edited by Rachel Berry

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1040g

Pages: 474

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About the Author

Xanthé Mallett is a lecturer in criminological sociology and forensic science based in Australia. She has worked on a collaborative facial recognition project with the FBI, undertaken casework in the area of child sex abuse, and has coauthored expert witness reports. Her research relates to behavior patterns of sex offenders, and societal, legal, and political responses to cases of child sexual abuse on an international scale. Xanthé has been involved with BAHID (British Association for Human Identification) for many years, fulfilling several roles including serving as student representative, conference convener, and membership secretary. She has also presented and contributed to a number of television series, including History Cold Case, The Decrypters, National Treasures Live, Coast Australia, and Wanted.

Teri Blythe is a specialist in forensic art and human identification with a background in human anatomy and forensic anthropology. She has spent many years working in the field of missing persons, including as head of identification while with the Missing People charity. Her expertise includes forensic artwork such as postmortem facial reconstructions and both child and adult age progressions. Teri has been a council member of BAHID for a number of years.

Rachel Berry is currently undertaking a PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She holds a BSc (hons) in forensic anthropology, an MSc in human identification and has more than five years experience demonstrating gross human anatomy. Her previous research projects include the impact of scavenging on the recovery of human remains, evaluation of the potential of geometric morphometric techniques to identify offenders by the shape of their hand, and human provenancing using stable isotope analysis of hair and bone. Rachel was previously a member of the Council for the British Association for Human Identification.