Traithepchanapai Pongpon, Mahakkanukrauh Pasuk, Kranioti Elena F
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Edinburgh Unit of Forensic Anthropology, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, UK; Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
Forensic Sci Int. 2016 Apr;261:167.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.02.025. Epub 2016 Feb 20.
Forensic anthropology is an increasingly developing discipline born about a century ago in the United States with the objective to contribute the knowledge of bone biology and physical anthropology to the emerging needs of the court of law. The development of research in biological and forensic anthropology has made rapid progress worldwide in the past few years, however, in most countries--with the exception of the United States--forensic anthropology work is still considered within the duties of the forensic pathologist. This paper attempts to summarise the history and development of forensic anthropology in Thailand by providing information on past and current research and practice that can help forensic practitioners to apply existing methods in forensic cases and mass disasters. It is hoped that the lessons learned from the tsunami catastrophe and the emerging need for positive identification in medicolegal settings will lead to rapid advances in education, training and professional engagement of anthropologists from the forensic departments and the law enforcement agencies in Thailand.
法医人类学是一个大约在一个世纪前诞生于美国且日益发展的学科，其目标是将骨骼生物学和体质人类学的知识应用于新兴的法庭需求。在过去几年里，生物人类学和法医人类学的研究在全球范围内取得了迅速进展，然而，在大多数国家——美国除外——法医人类学工作仍被视为法医病理学家职责的一部分。本文试图通过提供过去和当前的研究及实践信息，总结泰国法医人类学的历史与发展，这些信息有助于法医从业者在法医案件和大规模灾难中应用现有方法。希望从海啸灾难中吸取的教训以及法医环境中对身份确证的新需求，将促使泰国法医部门和执法机构的人类学家在教育、培训和专业参与方面取得快速进展。
