Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences”
In our interconnected world, crises and disasters rarely confine themselves to national borders, often affecting citizens from multiple countries. Furthermore, when a major catastrophe strikes, a single country may lack the necessary resources to handle the consequences. Complicating matters, the in...
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Società Italiana di Vittimologia
2023-12-01
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| description | In our interconnected world, crises and disasters rarely confine themselves to national borders, often affecting citizens from multiple countries. Furthermore, when a major catastrophe strikes, a single country may lack the necessary resources to handle the consequences. Complicating matters, the incident itself may have severely damaged or destroyed emergency infrastructures, making response and recovery a formidable challenge.
Mass disaster (MD) involving many victims requires multinational collaboration, utilising a common forensic language and a unified system for gathering, sharing, and comparing data and information. Recognizing the importance of a cooperative approach to disaster management, the “European Centre for Disaster Medicine” has recently formed a dedicated Work Group aimed to establish a specialised centre, known as the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences”, focusing on developing standards and guidelines for the handling of forensic activities in emergencies, disasters, and terrorist attacks. This paper aims to outline the origins, objectives, purposes, and participating bodies of this new entity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7dbb5cda6f94f5fae9ec581f7bfbb6a2024-01-25T16:04:54ZengSocietà Italiana di VittimologiaRivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza1971-033X2023-12-01XVII4763https://doi.org/10.14664/rcvs/233Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences”Roberto Mugavero0Elga Marvelli1University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy)University of the Republic of San MarinoIn our interconnected world, crises and disasters rarely confine themselves to national borders, often affecting citizens from multiple countries. Furthermore, when a major catastrophe strikes, a single country may lack the necessary resources to handle the consequences. Complicating matters, the incident itself may have severely damaged or destroyed emergency infrastructures, making response and recovery a formidable challenge. Mass disaster (MD) involving many victims requires multinational collaboration, utilising a common forensic language and a unified system for gathering, sharing, and comparing data and information. Recognizing the importance of a cooperative approach to disaster management, the “European Centre for Disaster Medicine” has recently formed a dedicated Work Group aimed to establish a specialised centre, known as the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences”, focusing on developing standards and guidelines for the handling of forensic activities in emergencies, disasters, and terrorist attacks. This paper aims to outline the origins, objectives, purposes, and participating bodies of this new entity.https://www.vittimologia.it/rivista/articolo_marvelli-mugavero_2023-unico.pdfcrisisdisaster managementdisaster responseforensic activitiesmass casualty managementvictim identification |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Mugavero Elga Marvelli Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences” Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza crisis disaster management disaster response forensic activities mass casualty management victim identification |
| title | Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences” |
| title_full | Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences” |
| title_fullStr | Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences” |
| title_short | Advancing international cooperation in disaster response: the “Center for Disaster, Forensic, and Biometric Sciences” |
| title_sort | advancing international cooperation in disaster response the center for disaster forensic and biometric sciences |
| topic | crisis disaster management disaster response forensic activities mass casualty management victim identification |
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