Legal and Evidential Framework in Forensic Anthropology (P02349)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-LEGEV

This course aims to provide a background in criminal law, Human Rights law and Humanitarian law from a Scottish, UK and international perspective. Legal rulings on evidence, sub judice rules in the UK and on an international level, Police And Criminal Evidence (PACE) Codes of Practice, giving evidence in a court of law, expert witness statements, and statistics in forensic anthropology will also be covered, as will the pathology of torture and trauma, ballistics, the effects of bomb blast and attempts at hiding evidence will also be discussed.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will:
- Acquire an understanding of the history and development of forensic anthropology
- Acquire a basic knowledge of Scottish, English and international aspects of criminal, Human Rights and Humanitarian law, within which a forensic anthropologist is required to work.
- Gain the skills required in giving expert evidence in a court of law
- Gain an understanding of the skeletal manifestations of violent death, including interpersonal violence, torture, gunshot and other penetrating injuries, and mass disasters.