FORENSIC HUMAN IDENTIFICATION METHODS: A REVIEW

Human identification involves maintaining and protecting the integrity of an individual by correct identification. It is an integral component in innumerable instances such as identity theft, criminal investigations of the dead or missing, mass disasters that need confirmationofhuman identity. This paper compares and contrasts various methods of human identification that includes both primary and secondary along with a brief discussion on status of dental identification in Nepal. Here, discussion also focuses on the fact that no single factor is an absolute indicator ofidentity. Thus, multitude of factors can be taken into cumulative evidence for confirmation of an identity.