Utilizing Forensic Technologies for Unidentified Human Remains: Death Investigation Resources, Strategies, and Disconnects

ISBN-13: 9780367778880 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 235 str.

George W. Adams

Opis

This is the first book that provides comprehensive coverage of the tools for forensic, law enforcement, and investigative professionals to explain how to utilize the vast repositories of public and private databases of evidence that can help investigators solve cold cases. Bringing together crucial information in a single, non-technical resource

Spis treści

Concepts. Complacency. Biases. By the Numbers. Resources, Strategies, and Disconnects. DNA. CODIS and NMPDD. SCJIS and NCIC. NamUs. Metadata. Dental Resources. Translational Technologies. Next Generation Identification. Rapid DNA Technology and Sentinel Events. Next Generation Sequencing and Stable Isotope Analysis. Initial Strategy and Value-Based Leadership. Initial Strategy Development. Values-Based Leadership. Final Thoughts.

O autorze

George Adams is the former national director of operations and director of finance for the National Missing and Unidentified Person’s System (NamUs), which is a national centralized repository and resource center for missing persons and unidentified decedent records. NamUs currently, as of 2015, operates under The Forensic Services Unit of the University of North Texas: Center for Human Identification (UNTCHI). George served as the law enforcement representative on the NamUs Advisory Group Panel during the development stage of NamUs that was awarded to the National Forensic Science and Technology Center (NFSTC). He was also the main co-author of the NamUs solicitation that was awarded to the University of North Texas.