Advances on forensic human identification /
Edited by Xanthé Mallett, Teri Blythe & Rachel Berry.
- xxv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Identifying the Unknown -- 1. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Missing and Unidentified People / Joe Apps, Louise Vesely, Llian Alys, and Teri Blythe -- 2. Identification: The Coroner’s Perspective / Michael J.C. Burgess -- 3. Identification of Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains in Disaster Victim Identification: Recommendations and Best Practice / Jan Bikker -- 4. Child Sex Offender Demographics: Toward an Improved Understanding / Xanthé Mallett and Jann Karp -- Part II. Identification from Soft and Hard Tissues -- 5. Distinguishing Human from Nonhuman Bone / Diane L. France -- 6. Burnt Human Remains Part I: Fire Dynamics and Body Recovery / Patrick Randolph-Quinney -- 7. Burnt Human Remains Part II: Identification and Laboratory Analysis / Patrick Randolph-Quinney -- 8. Stable Isotopes and Human Provenancing / Eric Bartelink, Rachel Berry, and Lesley Chesson -- 9. Multidisciplinary Approach toward the Identification of a Human Skull Found 55 km off the Southeast Coast of Ireland / Gerard Kealy, René Gapert, Laureen Buckley, Marie Cassidy, Jonathan McNulty, Richard Wright, Robin Foyle, Wolfram Meier-Augenstein, Helen Kemp, Caroline Wilkinson, Christopher Rynn, and Stephen Clifford -- Part III. Digital and Biometric Evidence -- 10. Image Analysis: Forensic Facial Comparison: Issues and Misconceptions / Ray Evans -- 11. Developments in Forensic Facial Composites / Chris Solomon and Stuart Gibson -- 12. Virtual Anthropology and Virtopsy in Human Identification/ Stephanie L. Davy-Jow and Summer J. Decker -- 13. RNA Profiling: A New Tool in Forensic Science / Marielle Vennemann and Antje Huth -- 14. Advances in Fingerprint Techniques / Melanie Hargreaves-O’Kane and John Dixon -- Part IV. Legal Issues: An International Perspective -- 15. Admissibility of Expert Evidence / Xanthé Mallett -- 16. Expert Scientific Evidence in the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse in Adversarial Jurisdictions / Fiona E. Raitt -- 17. Child Sex Tourism at the US–Mexico Border / Jim Walters and Patricia H. Davis -- 18. Forensic Identification and Miscarriages of Justice in England and Wales / Carole McCartney and Clive Walker -- 19. Forensic Science Evidence and Miscarriages of Justice / Donald E. Shelton -- Part V. Future Considerations and Conclusions -- 21. Future of Forensic Science in the United Kingdom / Andrew Rennison.
As forensic human identification receives increased global attention, practitioners, policy makers, 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 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 color. 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.