Disaster Victim Identification

<p>Disaster management has become an increasingly global issue and victim identification is receiving greater attention. By raising awareness through past events and experiences practitioners and policymakers can learn what works what doesn’t work and how to avoid future mistakes. <strong>Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice</strong> presents a selection of key historical incidents in the United Kingdom and includes candid discussions of potential areas for improvement in preparedness and future deployment capabilities. </p><p><em> <br><p><strong>Real disasters and lessons learned</strong></p></em></p><p>Each chapter in the book addresses a specific disaster and covers a number of main points in relation to the incident. For each event the book presents data such as the manpower available at the time of the disaster the number of officers involved in the deployment and their relevant experience at the time. Details of the disaster follow as well as the recovery and identification methods employed the number of fatalities and casualties and lessons learned. The book also explores the short- and long-term effects that the disaster had on the response team and the community. Finally each chapter examines important present-day developments in relation to the event. The book summarizes important aspects of the particular disaster in terms of legislative moral practical or other contribution to the field of mass disaster planning preparation and deployment on a wider scale.</p><p><strong><em>Global input</em></strong></p><p>Viewing disaster management from a global perspective this volume contains the combined input of academics forensic specialists trainers and law enforcement professionals who focus on actual cases to honestly assess events and provide recommendations for improvement.</p>