TY - CHAP

T1 - Disaster Victim Identification

T2 - Process in United Kingdom

AU - Black, Sue M.

AU - Hackman, Lucina

PY - 2013/12/4

Y1 - 2013/12/4

N2 - A mass fatality event may involve a small number of deceased or it may run to a toll of hundreds of thousands. Correct identification of the deceased is vital to fulfill both judicial and humanitarian requirements. To avoid errors, the process must adopt the highest standards of forensic and scientific rigor. Unfortunately, there is little uniformity of process between countries. The integrating role of Interpol is vital although not yet fully utilized. We summarize the requirements and procedures adopted for reliable disaster victim identification (DVI) and focus on the template devised in the United Kingdom.

AB - A mass fatality event may involve a small number of deceased or it may run to a toll of hundreds of thousands. Correct identification of the deceased is vital to fulfill both judicial and humanitarian requirements. To avoid errors, the process must adopt the highest standards of forensic and scientific rigor. Unfortunately, there is little uniformity of process between countries. The integrating role of Interpol is vital although not yet fully utilized. We summarize the requirements and procedures adopted for reliable disaster victim identification (DVI) and focus on the template devised in the United Kingdom.

KW - Forensic science

KW - Forensic Anthropology

KW - DVI

KW - UK DVI

U2 - 10.1002/9780470061589.fsa541.pub2

DO - 10.1002/9780470061589.fsa541.pub2

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780470018262

SN - 9780470061589

BT - Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science

A2 - Jamieson, A

A2 - Moenssens, A.A

PB - WILEY-BLACKWELL

CY - Chichester

ER -