The Global Practice of Forensic Science (eBook)

Douglas H. Ubelaker is Senior Scientist specializing in forensic anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. He served as the 2011-2012 President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has published extensively in the general field of human skeletal biology with an emphasis on forensic applications.

About the editor vii

List of contributors ix

Foreword by Daniel A. Martell xxvii

Series preface xxix

1 Introduction 1

Douglas H. Ubelaker

2 The practice of forensic sciences in Argentina 5

Luis Fondebrider & Luis Bosio

3 Australia 13

Stephen Cordner & Alastair Ross

4 Forensic sciences in Canada 29

Anny Sauvageau & Graham R. Jones

5 The Chilean Forensic Medical Service 39

Patricio Bustos Streeter & Marisol Intriago Leiva

6 Forensic science in Colombia 49

Andres Rodríguez Zorro & Aída Elena
Constantín

7 Forensic science in Denmark 67

Niels Lynnerup & Steen Holger Hansen

8 The practice of forensic science in Egypt: a story of
pioneering 73

Dina A. Shokry

9 The practice of forensic science in Estonia 83

Marika Väli, Üllar Lanno & Ivar Prits

10 History and current status of forensic science and medicine
in Finland 95

Erkki Sippola & Pekka Saukko

11 Forensic medicine in France 105

Bertrand Ludes

12 Forensic medicine in Germany 115

W. Eisenmenger & O. Peschel

13 Forensic science in Hong Kong 121

Sheilah Hamilton & Philip Beh

14 The practice of forensic science in Hungary 135

Eva Keller Peter Sótonyi & Agnes Dósa

15 Forensic science in India 147

P.K. Chattopadhyay

16 Forensic sciences in Italy 155

Cristina Cattaneo Antonio Grande & Luigi Ripani

17 History and current status of forensic science in Japan
173

Hitoshi Maeda Takaki Ishikawa & Toshikazu Kondo

18 Forensic science in Korea 189

Heesun Chung Soong Deok Lee & Sikeun Lim

19 Forensic medicine in Libya 195

Fawzi Benomran

20 The practice of forensic science in Mexico 199

Mario Alva-Rodríguez & Rolando Neri-Vela

21 The Netherlands 217

Arian van Asten Wim Neuteboom Sijtze Wiersma & Zeno
Geradts

22 History and current status of forensic science in Singapore
231

George Paul & Paul Chui

23 The history and current status of forensic science in South
Africa 241

Herman Bernitz Michael Kenyhercz Burgert Kloppers Ericka
Nöelle L'Abbé Gérard Nicholas Labuschagne
Antonel Olckers Jolandie Myburgh Gert Saayman Maryna Steyn &
Kyra Stull

24 Forensic science practice in Spain 261

Angel Carracedo & Luis Concheiro

25 Legal medicine and forensic science in Switzerland 267

Patrice Mangin & Pierre Margot

26 Forensic medicine and sciences in Turkey 279

Mete Korkut Gulmen & Cengiz Haluk Ince

27 Forensic medicine in the United Arab Emirates 289

Fawzi Benomran

28 Forensic science practice in the United States 301

Joseph Peterson & Matthew Hickman

29 Legal medicine and forensic science in Uruguay 335

Hugo Rodríguez Almada

30 Conclusions: global common themes and variations 351

Douglas H. Ubelaker

Index 361