Theses and Dissertations
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1275-0605
Advisor
Goliath, Jesse R.
Committee Member
Osterholtz, Anna J.
Committee Member
Zuckerman, Molly K.
Date of Degree
8-13-2024
Original embargo terms
Visible MSU Only 2 Years
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
Applied Anthropology
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
Abstract
Over the last few decades, forensic anthropological research has made significant strides in developing better methods for decedent identification and increasing the accuracy of time since death/postmortem interval (PMI) estimations within medicolegal contexts. Until recently however, there has been little emphasis placed on how socioeconomic considerations might be connected, especially regarding recovery times for individuals from various demographic backgrounds. Using intersectional and biocultural frameworks and data collected from forensic anthropologists and medicolegal labs throughout the Southeastern US, this research aims to decipher the role that inequality, through instances of social vulnerability and structural violence, plays in recovery time data throughout the region. Considerations of how systematic violence can impact socioeconomic and sociopolitical factors for a demographic groups' recovery times could highlight disparities in how politics, law enforcement, and medicolegal personnel assist and conduct casework based on sociocultural and socioeconomic factors.
Recommended Citation
Adams, Elise J., "Time after time: Deciphering structural violence and vulnerability using postmortem recovery time data and demographics throughout the Southeast region of the United States" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 6243.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6243