Mothers Who Murder

By:   Xanthe Mallett
Imprint:   Ebury Press
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   440g
ISBN:   9780857983800
ISBN 10:   0857983806
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 August 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Xanth Mallett is a lecturer in forensic science and criminology at the Unievristy of New England, NSW. Xanth 's recent research has been in the bahaviour patterns of child sex offedners, and forensic digital identification using surface features on the hands (scars, moles, vein patterns) as potential identifiers to assist with the investigation of cases relating to child abuse and internet crime. Xanth is passionate about her subject and about bringing science to a lay audience through the use of visual media. She wants to inspire and excite others about science, to encourage people into science at school and inspire children to become career scientists. In 2010 Xanth made History Cold Case, BBC2, with a team from the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) at the University of Dundee. History Cold Case saw skeletons of everyday people from across the ages analysed in staggering detail, opening new windows on the history of our forebears. A second series was broadcast by BBC2 in the UK June 2011, and a third series aired on Sky's History Channel in 2011. She has also taken part in several interviews for BBC News using her forensic identification skills, and has appeared on breakfast shows in the UK. Now based in Australia, Xanth appears on Network Ten's Wanted from July and the History Channel's Coast Australia. She has a 1st Class Honours degree in Archaeological Sciences (BSc) from the University of Bradford, a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge in Biological Anthropological Sciences (MPhil), and a PhD in Forensic Facial Recognition from the University of Sheffield. Xanth has co-authored and contributed to numerous academic books, journals, articles and academic papers including inclusions in a key text summarising advances in forensic anthropology, she co-edited the DVI Casebook: Volume 1, (CRC Press, 2011), and is currently completing a co-edited text entitled Advances in Forensic Human Identification, to be published by CRC Press later in the year.