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After reading"Identifying victims after a disaster" Is Forensic Anthropology effective as a discipline? Why or why not?

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2. Forensic Anthropology - 100 words
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Victim Identification in Forensic Anthropology

The article by Gould (2005) is an interesting and moving account of the utilization of the science of anthropology for justice and legal purposes (hence the addition of the term 'forensic' - meaning 'applied to or as requested/required within the court of law'). Essentially, it discusses how the science of both anthropology and archaeology has been used to identify victims of both natural disasters (i.e. tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes) and human disasters (i.e. terrorism, ...

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