Background Catastrophic natural disasters and epidemics claim thousands of lives and
have severe and lasting consequences, accompanied by human suffering. The Ebola …

The following paper examines the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti as a case study to
understand what happens to unidentified bodies in mass-fatality management. The paper …

This paper locates the use of DNA profiling within the contemporary disaster response
apparatus as an instance of a historically contingent biometric identity regime. It considers …

Although the cultural deathscapes of acute grief in the early days after a disaster are well-
understood, there is a gap in the literature on the role of ritual ceremonies over the months …

This article analyzes the process of body recovery that took place after the sinking of the
Titanic in 1912. Focusing on how identification was intertwined with valuation, I show how …

The idea that death is taboo is somewhat of a misnomer. While death may not be a
comfortable subject, we understand that it is universal—it impacts all of us. Despite this …

Local authorities in the United Kingdom are required to 'lead'multi‐agency humanitarian
responses to major disasters. Concerns mounted in the late twentieth century that responses …

Notwithstanding their visibility and the evident harm they cause, criminological attention to
organizationally based acute civilian disasters (OBACDs) has been sporadic and the field …

In spite of the growing incidence of mass death incidents due to factors such as climate
change, technology, terrorism and globalization there are relatively few rules and …

WHEN 1,963 PERSONS WERE KILLED after a munitions ship exploded in the harbor of
Halifax, Nova Scotia on 6 December 1917, bodies were collected by survivors, taken to a …