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Frontline: Post Mortem (dvd) Every day, nearly 7,000 people die in America, and the rate of autopsies, the gold standard of death investigation, has plummeted. As a result, not only do murderers go free and innocent people go to jail, but the crisis in death investigation in America is also a threat to public health. FRONTLINE reports the results of a joint investigation with ProPublica, NPR, and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley.
Walking the line (streaming, Academic Video Online) Walking the Line offers a harrowing view of the chaos, absurdity and senseless deaths of Mexican illegals along the U.S. - Mexico border because some American citizens are taking the law into their own hands.
Post Mortem: Forensic Science (streaming: Academic Video Online) Post Mortem delves into the world of forensic science, and looks at some of the latest techniques in high-tech sleuthing. Fingerprints, fibers, blood-- forensic investigators turn these elements into compelling evidence, working routinely with police in their efforts to solve crimes.
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The pathologist's interpretation of data is used to reveal the cause and manner of death, type of weapon used, and other details. The entomologist can help determine time of death, while the forensic psychologist can draw up a personality profile that will help track a killer down. Post Mortem takes a close-up look at DNA typing which matches a person's genetic blueprint to saliva, semen, or blood found at the scene of a crime. The film tracks the emotionally-charged murder case of a teenage girl and shows how the defendant was ultimately convicted on the basis of forensic evidence.
Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations (streaming, Academic Video Online) This documentary, produced by Equipo Argentino de Anthropologia Forense and WITNESS, discusses a massacre during at El Mozote.
60 Minutes: Leave No One Behind (streaming, Academic Video Online) 60 Minutes II reports on teams of investigators on a forensic search for lost war heroes. Vicki Mabrey reports.
60 minutes. Answers from the grave (streaming, Academic Video Online) November 30, 2003 - Scott Pelley reports on mass graves in Iraq, where forensic experts work to identify the remains of some 300,000 Iraqis who disappeared during the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Unearthing Evil (streaming, Academic Video Online) Even in times of war there has to be limits. But sometimes all boundaries are crossed and crimes of war are committed. These constitute crimes against humanity. Unearthing Evil is a confronting program that explores the work of Australian archaeologist Richard Wright, who led the teams that evacuated mass graves in the Ukraine and Bosnia. The evidence was used to reconstruct the chilling events that took place and to support the prosecution of the perpetrators.
The Undocumented (streaming, Academic Video Online) Border Patrol agents, Native Americans, smugglers, ranchers, retirees, and Samaritans form a constellation of people engaged with the Arizona/Mexico border on a daily basis - policing it, inhabiting it, crossing it, working it, making it safer, or simply feeling its consequences. But at the center of it all is the migrant. The Undocumented tells the story of the migrants who die while trying to cross an unforgiving desert in search of a better life.
Mystery of the last tsar (streaming, Academic Video Online) "For the first time in 75 years the world will know the truth about the mystery surrounding the fate of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. Through interviews with forensic experts who have examined the recently excavated skeletal remains that are believed to belong to the Imperial Family, and archivists with access to the "notes" from Yakov Yurovsky who led the execution squad, Mystery of the Last Tsar will trace the tragic disappearance of the Romanov Family on July 16, 1918 and the most brutal regicide in history"
In search of a lost princess (streaming, Academic Video Online) In 1918, the Tzar and his family were massacred, victims of the Russian Revolution. Since then rumors and popular belief have it that two of the Tzar's children escaped the slaughter; maybe his son Alexei and one of his daughters. DNA testing of bones, facial reconstruction and other forensic techniques have been used in an attempt to establish the identity of a woman living in South Africa. Was she Anastasia or Maria or not related at all to the Tzar?
Death on a friendly border (streaming, Academic Video Online) The border that runs between Tijuana and San Diego is the most heavily militarized border between "friendly" countries anywhere in the world. Since 1994 when the U.S. instituted Operation Gatekeeper, an average of one person a day has died crossing into the U.S. The policy has been condemned by the UN Commissioner of Human Rights, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. This poignant film puts a human face on a tragedy that occurs daily.
The Head (streaming, Academic Video Online) This documentary video, by Danish Broadcasting Corporation, tells the story of a Danish forensic pathologist who traces a skull back to the Katyn Forest massacre of Polish nationals in Russia in 1940.
The Woman in the Iron Coffin (streaming, Academic Video Online) In 2011, construction workers were shocked to uncover the remains of a woman in an abandoned lot in Queens, New York. So great was her level of preservation, witnesses first assumed they had stumbled upon a recent homicide. Forensic analysis, however, revealed a remarkably different story. Buried in an elaborate and expensive iron coffin, the body belonged to a young African American woman who died in the first half of the 19th century.
Bodies on the Border (streaming, Gale) Forensics experts in Arizona struggle to identify the bodies of migrants who perished while attempting to cross illicitly from Mexico into the United States.
Finding Answers in a Ship Full of Migrants' Bodies (streaming, Gale) Professor Cristina Cattaneo attempts to determine the identities of the bodies of migrants who died at sea
A Rise in Mediterranean Deaths (streaming, Gale) The founder of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), Christopher Catrambone, spoke about the rising death toll in the central Mediterranean, driven by migrant drownings.
FBI Marks 20 Years of Training at the 'Body Farm' The Forensic Anthropology Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been training FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT) members for 20 years on techniques they can apply at crime scenes.
TED Talk: How Vultures Can Help Solve Crimes Can a bird that symbolizes death help the living catch criminals? In this informative and accessible talk, forensic anthropologist Lauren Pharr shows us how vultures impact crime scenes -- and the assistance they can provide to detectives investigating murders.

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The Arch & Anthropology Podcast: Forensic Anthropology The Arch and Anth Podcast aims to provides entertaining and educational content about archaeology and anthropology. Hosting the show is Dr Michael B. C. Rivera, an expert in the study of human biology, human behavior and human societies worldwide, from the earliest beginnings to modern times
StarTalk: Dead Bodies: Bioarchaeology and Forensic Sciences What can the dead teach us? On this episode of StarTalk All-Stars, we tap into your morbid curiosity, as host and primatologist Natalia Reagan sits down with comic co-host Sarah Rose Siskind to investigate bioarchaeology and forensic science with bioarchaeologist Kristina Killgrove and forensic anthropologist Chris Rainwater.
Coroner Talk: The Story is in the Bones In this episode I talk with Dr.MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant about what is forensic anthropology and how it can help you in solving your case or answering the unanswered. We dive into the how-to’s of scene work and the obstacles that come with recovering and packaging skeletal remains.
Ask a Biologist: Skeleton Secrets Dead men tell no tales, but their bones can. It just takes a particular kind of scientist to read the clues that tell the story. Dr. Biology sits down with guest Tony Falsetti, a forensic anthropologist who knows his way around a skeleton. They talk about the role of forensic anthropology and some of the mysteries of history Tony has helped to solve.
Forensic Anthropology Companion Podcast A place for authors from the journal Forensic Anthropology to talk a little more in-depth about their articles and also to stimulate research ideas amongst the field at large. Hosted by Dr. Michael Kenyhercz.

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