Seminar in Forensic Anthropology IV

Recommended Prerequisites

Seminar in Forensic Anthropology I,II, III.

Forensic Anthropology.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical classes in the case where students are doing the above mentioned discipline.

Learning Outcomes

This unit aims to provide the student the know-how on identification in forensic anthropology, both in the cadaver and in the living. The student has to master the techniques  recommended to those effects as well as all the contexts where the anthropologists work, namely routine cases, crimes against humanity and mass disasters.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Identification in forensic anthropology

Necroidentification

Types of identification

Scientific identification versus circumstantial identification

The importance of Daubert

Identification in the living

Identification in mass disasters

Identification in crimes against humanity

Head Lecturer(s)

Eugénia Maria Guedes Pinto Antunes da Cunha

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Individual exam (oral and practical) or synthesis report: 100.0%

Bibliography

Dirkmaat D 2012. A companion to forensic anthropology. Wiley Blackwell

Schmitt A, Cunha E, Pinheiro J 2006 Forensic anthropology and Medicine: complementary sciences from recovery to cause of death. Humana Press.

Byers S 2011. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology. Prentice Hall.

Tersini-Tarrant MT, Shirley NA 2012 Forensic Anthropology. CRC Press.

Steadman D 2009 Hard evidence: Case studies in forensic anthropology. Prentice Hall.

Blau S, Ubelaker D 2008. Handbook of forensic anthropology and archaeology. Left Coast Press.

Brickley M, Ferlinni R 2007 Forensic anthropology: Case studies from Europe. Thomas.

Black S, Ferguson E 2010 Forensic Anthropology 2000 to 2010. CRC Press.

Siegel JA, Saukko PJ, Knupfer GC 2000 Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences. Academic Press. Vol. 1.

Scheuer L, Black S 2000 Developmental juvenile osteology. Academic Press.

Kimmerle EH, Baraybar JP 2008 Skeletal trauma: identification of injuries resulting from Human Rights and armed conflict. CRC Press.