Forensic anthropologists are specialized scientists who analyze the skeletal remains of the recently deceased to help authorities figure out who the person was and what happened to them.
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Vital records document the birth, death, marriage and divorce of every individual. A more centralized system in the US could help public health researchers better study pandemics and disease.
Two books on historical gay hate crimes – the murder of George Duncan in Adelaide, 1972, and army officer Warwick Meale in Townsville, 1942 – aim to create positive change by revealing past injustice.
As a forensic scientist who has worked at thousands of homicide, sexual assault and serious crime scenes, I can tell you the process is not as straightforward as depicted on popular true crime shows.
Christine Jessop was murdered in 1984 and, 36 years later, DNA evidence finally identified her killer. But the police investigation’s use of genetic genealogical databases raised questions about privacy.
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University
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Professor of English, York University, Canada
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Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in Population Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Anthropology, Clemson University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Clemson University
