Abstract
Forensic science is bound by a particular code of ethics. However, in the case of border deaths, the number, type of, and relationships between actors and institutions involved may necessitate nuanced interpretations of forensic science ethics. Reading across border death initiatives in Arizona, this chapter considers how forensic science in a context of humanitarian crisis may in some ways be distinct from forensic science practiced in other contexts.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Anderson, B. E., & Parks, B. O. (2008). Symposium on border crossing deaths: Introduction. Journal of Forensic Science, 53(1), 6–7.
Bird, C. E. (2015). Bodies without representation: Invisible communities and problems of identification in domestic casework. Presentation at the 2nd disasters, displacement, and human rights conference. Knoxville.
Blakey, M. L. (2001). Beyond European enlightenment: Toward a critical and humanistic human biology. In A. H. Goodman & T. L. Leatherman (Eds.), Building a new biocultural synthesis: Political economic perspectives on human biology (2nd ed., pp. 379–405). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Christensen, A. M., Passalacqua, N. V., & Bartelink, E. J. (2014). Forensic anthropology: Current methods and practice. San Diego: Academic.
Crossland, Z., & Joyce, R. A. (2015). Anthropological perspectives on disturbing bodies: An introduction. In Z. Crossland & R. A. Joyce (Eds.), Disturbing bodies: Perspectives on forensic anthropology (pp. 3–27). Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press.
Fondebrider, L. (2015). Forensic anthropology and the investigation of political violence: Notes from the field. In Z. Crossland & R. A. Joyce (Eds.), Disturbing bodies: Perspectives on forensic anthropology (pp. 29–40). Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press.
Goodman, A. H., & Leatherman, T. L. (2001). Traversing the chasm between biology and culture: An introduction. In A. H. Goodman & T. L. Leatherman (Eds.), Building a new biocultural synthesis: Political economic perspectives on human biology (2nd ed., pp. 3–41). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Hernandez, G., & Hess, G. L. (2014). Rehydrating mummified hands: The Pima county experience. Academic Forensic Pathology, 4(1), 114–117.
Juhl, K., & Olsen, O. E. (2006). Societal safety, archaeology and the investigation of contemporary mass graves. Journal of Genocide Research, 8(4), 411–435.
Keenan, T. (2014). Getting the dead to tell me what happened: Justice, prosopopoeia, and forensic afterlives. In A. Franke & E. Weizman (Eds.), Forensis: The architecture of public truth (pp. 35–55). Berlin: Sternberg Press.
Lipsky, M. (1980). Street-level bureaucracy: The critical role of street-level bureaucrats. In P. Hupe & M. Hill (Eds.), Classics of public administration (pp. 414–422). New York: Russel Sage Foundation.
Martinez, D. E., Reineke, R., Rubio-Goldsmith, R., Anderson, B. E., Hess, G. L., Parks, B. O. (2013). A continued humanitarian crisis at the border: Undocumented border crosser deaths recorded by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, 1990–2012. Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner. (2015). Annual report. http://webcms.pima.gov/government/medical_examiner/.
Missing Migrant Project. 2006. http://www.colibricenter.org/.
Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner. 2015. Annual Report.
Soler, A., Reineke, R. C., Beatrice, J. S., Anderson, B. E. (2014). An integrated approach to the identification of human remains: The biocultural profile of undocumented migrants. Proceedings of the 66th annual scientific meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle.
U.S. Border Patrol. 2015a. Along U.S. Borders. https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders.
U.S. Border Patrol. (2015b). Border patrol agents train to save lives. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/border-patrol-agentstrain-save-lives.
Winburn, A. P. (2015) Subjective with a capital “S”? Issues of objectivity in forensic anthropology. Proceedings of the 67th annual scientific meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Bird, C.E., Maiers, J. (2018). Dialog Across States and Agencies: Juggling Ethical Concerns of Forensic Anthropologists North of the US-Mexico Border. In: Latham, K., O'Daniel, A. (eds) Sociopolitics of Migrant Death and Repatriation. Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61866-1_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61866-1_12
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-61865-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-61866-1
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)