Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4531436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Aurelio Guimarães (0000-0002-3152-5614, Universidade de São Paulo), Raffaela Arrabaça Francisco (0000-0002-9718-2116, Universidade de São Paulo), Martin Evison (0000-0002-4405-4751, Universidade de São Paulo), Edna Sadayo Miazato Iwamura (0000-0003-4380-3244, Universidade de São Paulo), Carlos Eduardo Palhares Machado (0000-0002-0306-6211, Universidade de São Paulo), Regina Helena Alves Da Silva (0000-0002-1532-1670, Universidade de São Paulo), Ricardo Henrique Alves Da Silva, Maria Eliana Castro Pinheiro (Universidade de São Paulo), Diva Santana, Julie Alvina Guss Patrício |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-51 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Remains and Violence An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2054-2240 • E-ISSN: 2054-2240 |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7227/hrv.3.1.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2618778682 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Exhumation may be defined as the legally sanctioned excavation and recovery of the remains of lawfully buried or - occasionally - cremated individuals, as distinct from forensic excavations of clandestinely buried remains conducted as part of a criminal investigation and from unlawful disinterment of human remains, commonly referred to as bodysnatching. The aim of this article is to review the role of exhumation - so defined - in the activities of CEMEL, the Medico-Legal Centre of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School-University of São Paulo, in international, regional and local collaborations. Exhumations form part of routine forensic anthropology casework; scientific research in physical and forensic anthropology; and forensic casework conducted in collaboration with the Brazilian Federal Police; and are carried out as part of humanitarian investigations into deaths associated with the civil-military dictatorship of 1964 to 1985. This article aims to offer a non-technical summary - with reference to international comparative information - of the role of exhumation in investigative and scientific work and to discuss developments in their historical and political context
Archaeology · Criminology · Dictatorship · Forensic anthropology · Forensic science · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes · Engineering · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Law · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |