Postmortem Investigation of Mass Killings

Useful for anyone practicing in human rights abuse to investigate crimes against humanity, this book interweaves basic concepts of human rights and forensic pathology to show the peculiarities of doing forensic work under politically complicated and culturally challenging circumstances.

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"Postmortem Investigation of Mass Killings: Forensic Pathology and Anthropology" is a single-source reference to aid anyone practicing in human rights abuse to investigate crimes against humanity. Illustrated with case examples from the authors' work in Kosovo, Cambodia, and East Timor, it interweaves basic concepts of human rights and forensic pathology to show the peculiarities of doing forensic work under politically complicated and culturally challenging circumstances. The book brings together practical advice from forensic pathologists and anthropologists and provides the basic elements to understand the main principles of human rights death investigation in an easy-to-read format.