Margaret Cox

The scientific investigation of mass graves : towards protocols and standard operating procedures / Margaret Cox ... [et al.]. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xxx, 562 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-542) and index.

Introduction and context -- Protocols for the investigation of mass graves -- Health and safety -- Scene 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: basic procedures and demographic assessment -- Mortuary procedures III: skeletal analysis 2: techniques for determining identity -- Forensic sciences -- Antemortem data collection: interaction with families and communities.

0521865875 (hardback) 9780521865876 (hardback)

2007013561

101303332 DNLM


Autopsy--Standards.
Crime scene searches.
Criminal investigation.
Forensic sciences--Standards.
Mass burials.
War crimes.
Forensic Anthropology--standards.
Autopsy--standards.
Exhumation--standards.
Homicide.
War Crimes.

RA1053 / .S33 2008

614/.1

W 750 / S4165 2008