Discussion and case studies of ethical best practices for forensic anthropologyForensic anthropology involves the sensitive work of recovering and analyzing human remains. Its practitioners are often confronted with ethical challenges, but training in this area is limited, and best practices are not fully developed across the discipline. The first edition of this book opened a dialogue for ethically conscious practice in forensic anthropology, and the second edition continues the conversation with updated and additional content.
This book defines professionalism in the discipline and discusses situations in which forensic anthropologists may find themselves, including understanding and enforcing ethical codes, identifying misconduct and navigating its adjudication, and acting as expert witnesses in courtrooms. This new edition includes more robust discussions of the ethics of working with human remains within the medicolegal system, education and training in forensic anthropology, and the use of digital representations of human remains.
Students and practitioners alike will appreciate chapters focusing on expertise; education, training, and careers; and reporting and testifying. Providing multiple case studies to provoke reflection and discussion, this book prompts readers to think critically about what it means to be a professional forensic anthropologist, how to recognize ethical challenges, and how to conduct themselves when confronted with them.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction to Professionalism, Ethics, and Forensic Anthropology
2. An Introduction to Ethics
3. Misconduct, Adjudication, and Punishment
4. Current Ethical Guidelines and a Theory of Ethics
5. Defining the Role of the Forensic Anthropologist
6. What Is Expertise?
7. Education, Training, and Careers in Forensic Anthropology
8. The Use of Human Subjects in Forensic Anthropology Research
9. Reporting, Peer Review, and Testifying in Forensic Anthropology
10. Discrimination and Harassment in Forensic Anthropology
11. Ethics of Digital Representation in Forensic Anthropology
12. The Idiosyncrasies of Ethics: Case Studies to Develop Critical Ethical
Thinking
13. Looking Backward and Thinking Forward
Afterword
Appendix
1. Acronyms and Initialisms
Appendix
2. Websites of Ethical Codes
Appendix
3. Competencies for Multilevel Certification by the ABFA
Appendix
4. Seven Requirements for Determining Whether a Research Trial Is
Ethical
Appendix
5. Consent and Use of Human Remains and Associated Data for All
Human Remains
Appendix
6. Consent and Use of Human Remains and Associated Data for Donated,
Unclaimed, or Unidentified Human Remains
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Nicholas V. Passalacqua, associate professor and director of the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory at The Ohio State University, is coauthor of Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice.
Marin A. Pilloud, professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is coeditor of Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives.
Derek Congram, visiting professor at the School of Graduate Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and adjunct faculty of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University in Canada, is the editor of Missing Persons: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Disappeared.
