Doctoral Dissertation Research: Forensic Science, Judicial Evidence and Transitional Justice

在Tanya Luhrmann教授的指导下，博士生Alexa Hagerty将调查参与人道主义挖掘的法医科学家的做法。通过使用半结构化访谈、调查和参与挖掘地点、实验室、储存设施和家庭住宅的日常活动，研究人员将探索人道主义挖掘对最密切相关的人（法医小组和失踪者家属）意味着什么。尽管从事“为家庭服务的科学”的目标是明确的，但从事人道主义掘尸的法医科学家经常震惊和沮丧地得知，家庭成员反对掘尸。通过与法医团队一起开展人种学研究，该团队是这一年轻领域的先驱，在培训国际上其他团队方面处于领先地位，联合pi将能够就如何更好地实现其目标向法医科学家提供建议。除了撰写论文外，这些发现还将在美国法医科学院会议上与法医科学家分享。

Under the supervision of Prof. Tanya Luhrmann, Ph.D. student Alexa Hagerty will investigate the practices of forensic scientists involved in humanitarian exhumation. By using semi-structured interviews, surveys and participation in the daily activities at exhumation sites, labs, storage facilities and family homes, the researcher will explore what humanitarian exhumation means to those most intimately involved: forensic teams and families of the missing. Despite the stated aim of engaging in 'science in service of families',forensic scientists undertaking humanitarian exhumation are often shocked and dismayed to learn that family members oppose exhumation. By undertaking ethnographic research with a forensics team that pioneered this young field and is the leader in terms of training of other teams internationally, the co-PI will be able to advise forensic scientists on how to better achieve their aims. In addition to resulting in a dissertation, the findings will be shared with forensic scientists at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference.