Disaster victim identification : experience and practice /

Disaster management has become an increasingly global issue, and victim identification is receiving greater attention. By raising awareness through past events and experiences, practitioners and policymakers can learn what works, what doesn't work, and how to avoid future mistakes. Disaster Vic...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Black, Sue M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2011.
Series:	Global perspectives on disaster victim identification series.
Subjects:	University of Dundee > Staff author. Identification > Great Britain > Case studies. Disaster victims > Identification > Case studies. Dead > Identification > Case studies. Criminal investigation > Great Britain > Case studies. Emergency management > Great Britain > Case studies. Forensic anthropology. Forensic pathology. Forensic Anthropology Forensic Genetics Forensic Pathology Mass Casualty Incidents Identification > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas. Victimes de catastrophes > Identification > Études de cas. Morts > Identification > Études de cas. Enquêtes criminelles > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas. Anthropologie légale. Pathologie médico-légale. NATURE > Natural Disasters. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief. Forensic pathology Forensic anthropology Criminal investigation Dead > Identification Emergency management Identification Great Britain Electronic books. Case Reports Case studies Case studies. Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : The DVI casebook, UK incidents / Xanthé Mallett, Lucina Hackman, and Sue Black The Aberfan Colliery disaster, October 21, 1966 / Mark Lynch and Sue Black The Brighton Hotel bombing, October 12, 1984 / Andrew Buchan
Bradford City football stadium fire, May 11, 1985 / Thomas Walsh, Neal Rylatt, and Lucina Hackman
Manchester International Airport fire : Flight KT28M, August 22, 1985 / Suzanne Goodwin, David Wood, and Sue Black
King's Cross underground fire, November 18, 1987 / Nick Bracken and Sue Black
Piper Alpha oil and gas platform disaster, July 6, 1988 / Derek Hiley and Sue Black
The Lockerbie bombing, December 21, 1988 / Graeme Galloway and Xanthé Mallett
The Hillsborough football stadium disaster, April 15, 1989 / David Barron and Xanthé Mallett
The Marchioness riverboat disaster, August 20, 1989 / Graham Walker and Xanthé Mallett
The Dunblane primary school shootings, March 13, 1996 / Neil Brown
The Omagh bombing, Saturday, August 15, 1998 / John Middlemiss
Rail incidents / Graham Walker and Xanthé Mallett
Chinese lorry deaths, Dover, June 18, 2000 / Steve Griffiths, Steve Corbishley, and David Weller
Operation Lund-Morecambe Bay Cockling disaster, February 5, 2004 / Steve Brunskill and Xanthé Mallett
London bus and underground bombings, July 7, 2005 / Graham Walker and Xanthé Mallett.