Forensic Archaeology: Integrating Archaeology with Criminalistics and Criminology

Groen, W.J. Mike

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“…Since this tradition started, forensic anthropology has developed internationally into a highly sophisticated field that currently encompasses a wider skill set and research scope than that found at the genesis of the discipline [15]. While a solid education and experience in skeletal anatomy is still crucial for practitioners of forensic anthropology [7,60], additional skills are needed for substantial forensic anthropological work, including knowledge of human decomposition and postmortem interval, forensic taphonomic signatures related to peri-and postmortem treatment and deposition (see [1] for a discussion relating to Sweden), recovery methods and theories, personal identity methods, basic knowledge in forensic imaging, extended knowledge of skeletal trauma, chain of custody, court system knowledge, forensic ethics and the role of the forensic anthropologist in relation to other forensic experts [8,21,[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68].…”

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“…Many professional archaeologists are, however, experienced in skeletal recovery. Forensic medicine practitioners are often not experienced in recovery or examination of bare bones, are interdependent in search efforts and recoveries that involve human remains [7][8][9], this paper will focus on forensic anthropology and specifically its application in the investigation of the dead.…”

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Development and implementation of forensic anthropology in Swedish forensic practice

Alfsdotter¹,

Petaros

Ankin

et al. 2022

Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science

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This paper presents the ongoing development of forensic anthropology in Sweden. We discuss the background of the discipline, its application, as well as its current and potential development in Swedish forensic practice. Collaboration with osteoarchaeologists in skeletal forensic cases has a long tradition in Sweden. Analyses of skeletal remains are performed ad-hoc, in contrast to analyses of fleshed human remains. While several law enforcement employees are educated in forensic anthropology and/or osteoarchaeology, they are not employed in these fields, and regional variations are evident. Internationally, forensic anthropology has become an autonomous forensic discipline over the past decades, requiring skills beyond mere skeletal analysis. To keep on a par with international standards, it may be time to revisit the concept of forensic anthropology in Sweden. Despite the limited presence of supporting organisational structures and systems, forensic anthropological and hard-tissue-reliant physico-chemical analyses have proven valuable in Swedish forensic practice, especially in cases of personal identification, trauma analysis and search efforts. We argue that Sweden could benefit from making qualified forensic anthropology expertise available in all law enforcement regions, starting to implement and promote forensic anthropology in routine forensic casework and formalising the role of forensic anthropology practitioners.

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Development and implementation of forensic anthropology in Swedish forensic practice

Alfsdotter¹,

Petaros

Ankin

et al. 2022

Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science

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Arqueología marítima forense: pensamiento crítico, teoría y geofísica marina como herramientas clave para la búsqueda de personas desaparecidas en contextos sumergidos

Herrera,

Gómez Goyzueta,

Jiménez

2023

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Este artículo discute las consideraciones teóricas, metodológicas y de instrumentación con las que es posible y necesario trabajar para auxiliar en la detección de restos humanos en contextos sumergidos de una manera científica, sistemática, y reproducible. Esta labor es también copartícipe del propósito de hacer de la arqueología una herramienta para ayudar a cerrar procesos profundamente dolorosos entre las familias que han sufrido pérdidas en el grave contexto de desapariciones forzadas en el México actual. Se consideran como parte del análisis los siguientes elementos clave: 1) la necesidad de un desarrollo explícitamente teórico en arqueología que incorpora estrategias para la resolución de preguntas, tal como es el caso de la arqueología procesual; 2) el análisis de las alteraciones tafonómicas que afectarán a un cuerpo humano y que se presentan en el escenario de un contexto sumergido, y, 3) el desarrollo de una metodología de prospección que incorpora tecnologías de punta de lanza en la arqueología marítima contemporánea, con énfasis en instrumentación de posicionamiento, geofísica marina, fotogrametría, robótica y buceo técnico y científico.

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Forensic Archaeology: Integrating Archaeology with Criminalistics and Criminology

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Development and implementation of forensic anthropology in Swedish forensic practice

Development and implementation of forensic anthropology in Swedish forensic practice

Arqueología marítima forense: pensamiento crítico, teoría y geofísica marina como herramientas clave para la búsqueda de personas desaparecidas en contextos sumergidos

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