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Chapter 9 presents the very important topic of identification. Introductory comments discuss the importance of establishing and following specific identification protocols when dealing with dead bodies. Non-scientific methods of identification (visual identification and hospital identification) are presented, as are scientific methods (fingerprint, dental, X-ray, DNA). The chapter concludes by discussing circumstantial identification and unidentified remains.
Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses…Nahum 3:3
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Prahlow, J. (2010). Identification of Human Remains. In: Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-404-9_9
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