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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of History, Classics and Archaeology : Postgraduate (History, Classics and Archaeology)

Postgraduate Course: Legal and Evidential Framework in Forensic Anthropology (PGHC11262)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 1, External Visit Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 182 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 50 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The course is assessed through an extended essay of approximately 4000 words.
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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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsLegEvFA
Contacts
Course organiserDr Elena Kranioti
Tel: (0131 6)50 2368
Email: Elena.Kranioti@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk
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