| When DNA is not available, can we still identify people? Recommendations for best practice. | |
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PMID: 18471196 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Recommendations of best practice to conduct identifications in settings with large numbers of victims and technological limitations are provided, based on a sample of 116 cases in which positive presumptive identifications were generated using "traditional" techniques, and were later corroborated through DNA testing. Traditional techniques generally consist of combining witness testimony, personal effects and clothing, anthropological and dental data to corroborate or to exclude the identity of an individual. Experts participating in traditional identifications must develop emic categories to transform objective physical features into recognizable categories by the family, or to do very the opposite-to develop an ethic system by which the expert translates the cues given by a family member into objective categories that are usable in standard forensic and legal contexts. |
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Authors:
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Jose Pablo Baraybar |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of forensic sciences Volume: 53 ISSN: 0022-1198 ISO Abbreviation: J. Forensic Sci. Publication Date: 2008 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-05-12 Completed Date: 2008-07-22 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375370 Medline TA: J Forensic Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 533-40 Citation Subset: IM |
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Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF), Av. A. Mello Franco # 341, Lima 11, Peru, South America. baraybar@epafperu.org |
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Body Height Clothing DNA Fingerprinting Data Collection / methods Dental Records Disasters Family Forensic Anthropology / methods* Forensic Dentistry Humans Peru War Crimes Yugoslavia |
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