The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology

This handbook is a definitive and comprehensive overview of forensic anthropology. It brings together scholars and practitioners from across the social sciences, life sciences, and medical and legal professions to establish emerging methods, key concepts and ideas, and outline an agenda for research and practice for the next decade. The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology is a definitive and comprehensive overview of forensic anthropology to date. It brings together scholars and practitioners from across the social sciences, life sciences, and medical and legal professions to establish emerging methods, highlight key concepts and ideas, and outline an agenda for research and practice for the next decade. Topics covered include: • History of the field• Qualifications, competencies, and accreditation in academic and applied fields• Human remains collections• Search and recovery• Identification• Sex estimation and population affinity• Genetics• Commingled remains• Trauma• Taphonomy• Ethics and activism• Global and regional differences This is a crucial reference for scholars, upper- level students, and practitioners in forensic anthropology and related disciplines associated across the social sciences, life sciences, health sciences, forensic sciences, and legal professions.