{"product_id":"practicing-forensic-anthropology-9781119076933","title":"Practicing Forensic Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem of missing, endangered, and unidentified persons is increasingly approached through a human rights model with successful outcomes. Contexts vary from international investigations into war crimes, genocide, and extrajudicial killings to American cold cases. In all these examples, anthropologists play critical roles such as searching for clandestine graves, crime scene recovery, human identification, interviewing witnesses, repatriation, public education, and testifying in court. To successfully identify unknown persons, key questions about human variation and biology are essential. For example, can ancestry be reliably estimated? What are the ramifications of estimating the biological profile of an unknown person without appropriate references samples? Does the variation occur because of inherent genetic variation or environmental conditions? Given the potential variation that exists, what are the implications of using standard calibrations across populations in criminal \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePracticing Forensic Anthropology:  A Human Rights Approach to the Global Problem of Missing and Unidentified Persons\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin H. Kimmerle \u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForensic Anthropology in Long-Term Investigations: 100 Cold Years\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin H. Kimmerle  7\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Are They? Missing, Forensics, and Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJose Pablo Baraybar and Rebecca Blackwell \u003c\/i\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIgnorance  Is Not Bliss: Evidence of Human Rights Violations from Civil War Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Congram, Ambika Flavel, and Kim Maeyama \u003c\/i\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman Rights Investigations in Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoxana Ferllini \u003c\/i\u003e 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntersite Analysis of Victims of Extra- and Judicial Execution in Civil War Spain: Location and Direction of Perimortem Gunshot Trauma\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Congram, Nicholas Passalacqua, and Luis Rýos\u003c\/i\u003e  81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrauma Patterns in Cases of Extrajudicial Executions\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin H. Kimmerle and John Obafunwa\u003c\/i\u003e  89\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToward Estimating Geographic Origin of Migrant Remains along the United States–Mexico Border\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Katherine Spradley\u003c\/i\u003e  101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCraniometric Variation of Diverse Populations in Florida: Identification Challenges Within a Border State\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeredith L. Tise, Erin H. Kimmerle, and M. Katherine Spradley \u003c\/i\u003e  111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApplication of Stable Isotope Forensics for Predicting Region of Origin of Human Remains from Past Wars and Conflicts\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric J. Bartelink,  Gregory E. Berg, Melanie M. Beasley, and Lesley A. Chesson\u003c\/i\u003e  124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoreferencing a Cold Case Victim with Lead, Strontium, Carbon, and Oxygen Isotopes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge D. Kamenov, Erin H. Kimmerle,  Jason H. Curtis, and Darren Norris\u003c\/i\u003e  137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributions of Radiocarbon  Analysis in Human Rights Investigations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas H. Ubelaker\u003c\/i\u003e  155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBiosketches  165\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528846188887,"sku":"9781119076933","price":21.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119076933.jpg?v=1731873253","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/practicing-forensic-anthropology-9781119076933","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}