The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons
The effective search for the missing and identification of persons, alive or dead, are core components in the prevention and in resolving the issue of Missing Persons. Despite the growing literature on this topic, there is still a lack of publications describing the Search as a process that includes...
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| author | Mercedes Salado Puerto Denise Abboud Jose Pablo Baraybar Angel Carracedo Stephen Fonseca William Goodwin Pierre Guyomarc'h Alejandra Jimenez Udo Krenzer Maria Dolores Morcillo Mendez Jose Luis Prieto Jacqueline Rodriguez Gonzalez Yarimar Ruiz Orozco Jane Taylor Ajith Tennakoon Kristy Winter Oran Finegan |
| author_facet | Mercedes Salado Puerto Denise Abboud Jose Pablo Baraybar Angel Carracedo Stephen Fonseca William Goodwin Pierre Guyomarc'h Alejandra Jimenez Udo Krenzer Maria Dolores Morcillo Mendez Jose Luis Prieto Jacqueline Rodriguez Gonzalez Yarimar Ruiz Orozco Jane Taylor Ajith Tennakoon Kristy Winter Oran Finegan |
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| description | The effective search for the missing and identification of persons, alive or dead, are core components in the prevention and in resolving the issue of Missing Persons. Despite the growing literature on this topic, there is still a lack of publications describing the Search as a process that includes different phases inherently composed of forensic investigative and identification principles for both living and deceased missing persons. This paper is the result of discussions between the Forensic Unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and members of its external Forensic Advisory Board. It aims to present the Search process as an overarching concept that includes the investigation and identification phases of the missing in any state (dead or alive), in any scenario (with or without bodies), with an integrated, multidisciplinary, and multiagency approach for implementation by all actors involved in the investigation and identification phases of missing persons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0726c0316164df7b7eee652438beb832022-12-21T18:46:04ZengElsevierForensic Science International: Synergy2589-871X2021-01-013100154The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified personsMercedes Salado Puerto0Denise Abboud1Jose Pablo Baraybar2Angel Carracedo3Stephen Fonseca4William Goodwin5Pierre Guyomarc'h6Alejandra Jimenez7Udo Krenzer8Maria Dolores Morcillo Mendez9Jose Luis Prieto10Jacqueline Rodriguez Gonzalez11Yarimar Ruiz Orozco12Jane Taylor13Ajith Tennakoon14Kristy Winter15Oran Finegan16Equipo Argentino de Antropologia Forense, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandInstitute of Forensic Science Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, SpainForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandSchool of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, UKCorresponding author. Central Tracing Agency, Forensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 avenue de la Paix, 1202, Geneva, Switzerland.; Forensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandComplutense University of Madrid, SpainForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandInstitute of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Colombo, Sri LankaForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandForensic Unit, International Committee of the Red Cross, 19 Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, SwitzerlandThe effective search for the missing and identification of persons, alive or dead, are core components in the prevention and in resolving the issue of Missing Persons. Despite the growing literature on this topic, there is still a lack of publications describing the Search as a process that includes different phases inherently composed of forensic investigative and identification principles for both living and deceased missing persons. This paper is the result of discussions between the Forensic Unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and members of its external Forensic Advisory Board. It aims to present the Search process as an overarching concept that includes the investigation and identification phases of the missing in any state (dead or alive), in any scenario (with or without bodies), with an integrated, multidisciplinary, and multiagency approach for implementation by all actors involved in the investigation and identification phases of missing persons.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X21000243Humanitarian forensic actionHuman identificationAntemortemPostmortemReconciliationDisappearance |
| spellingShingle | Mercedes Salado Puerto Denise Abboud Jose Pablo Baraybar Angel Carracedo Stephen Fonseca William Goodwin Pierre Guyomarc'h Alejandra Jimenez Udo Krenzer Maria Dolores Morcillo Mendez Jose Luis Prieto Jacqueline Rodriguez Gonzalez Yarimar Ruiz Orozco Jane Taylor Ajith Tennakoon Kristy Winter Oran Finegan The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons Forensic Science International: Synergy Humanitarian forensic action Human identification Antemortem Postmortem Reconciliation Disappearance |
| title | The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons |
| title_full | The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons |
| title_fullStr | The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons |
| title_full_unstemmed | The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons |
| title_short | The search process: Integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons |
| title_sort | search process integrating the investigation and identification of missing and unidentified persons |
| topic | Humanitarian forensic action Human identification Antemortem Postmortem Reconciliation Disappearance |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X21000243 |
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