Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFICATION (DVI) PROCESS 55501015 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to teach the anthropologists the working principles of DVI teams and, if necessary, prepare them for their role in these teams.
Course Content In this course, DVI process will be introduced and the history of DVI will be examined. While examining the content of the DVI guidelines created by Interpol, the distribution of tasks in the DVI teams and the roles of the anthropologists will be evaluated. At the same time, examples of the important events that the teams have worked will be discussed in order to discuss the difficulties of the DVI process and the difficulties in implementation.
Learning Outcomes 1) Learns the organizational structure of DVI teams
2) Learns the methods used by DVI teams in identification and the difficulties in implementing these methods
3) Learn anthropologists' job descriptions in DVI teams

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Concepst and history of DVI Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The apperaence of the DVI manual and the concepts in the manual Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week DVI management, working together in different disiplines and task discriptions Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Phases of DVI process ( scene phase, antemortem phase, post mortem phase, recoincilation phase and cultural and religion phase) )and DVI forms Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Techniques used in Identification Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Problems in Dental Identification Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Mid term Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Problems in fingerprint based Identification Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Problems in DNA identification Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Approaches to the families of the disaster victims Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Developing procedures and Reducing stress at the same time Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Tsunami experience Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Twin towers experience Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Catrina Hurricane Experience Lecture; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A. W. Lake • H. James • J. W. Berketa . Disaster victim identification: quality management from an odontology perspective (2011) Forensic Sci Med Pathol.
Hans H. de Boer, Soren Blau, Tania Delabarde & Lucina Hackman. The role of forensic anthropology in disaster victim identification (DVI): recent developments and future prospects (2018) Forensic Sciences Research.
Jean-Pol Beauthier1, Edd,y De Valck, Philippe Lefevre and Joan De Winne. Mass Disaster Victim Identification: The Tsunami Experience. The Open Forensic Science Journal, 2009
Maria Teresa A. Tersigni Tarrant. Forensic Anthropology; An Introduction (2013) CRC Press. Baco Raton
Sue Black et all. Disaster victim identification : experience and practice (2011) CRC Press, Baco Raton.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15000
PY25000
PY35000
PY45000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 8
Homework 5 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 10
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 10
Total Workload
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Course Information
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload