Xanthé Mallett

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Xanthé D. Mallett (born December 17, 1976 in Alexandria , West Dunbartonshire ) is a Scottish forensic anthropologist , criminologist and television presenter . She specializes in human craniofacial biometrics and hand identification, as well as analyzing online behavioral patterns of pedophiles . She is currently a professor at the University of New England at Armidale , New South Wales , Australia .

Youth and education

Xanthé D. Mallett's father was an engineer, her mother a former dancer. Mallet himself started dancing and after moving to Tring , Hertfordshire , went to the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in 1985. She played other sports, such as tennis, and planned to graduate in sports. A car accident at the age of 18 resulted in a serious knee injury that required ten surgeries and ended her athletic career.

She received her bachelor's degree in archeology from the University of Bradford , West Yorkshire , a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Cambridge , and her PhD in biological anthropology (facial recognition and image analysis) from the University of Sheffield in 2007 .

Professional career

academic career

She worked for five years at the Center for Anatomy & Human Identification (CAHID) at the University of Dundee , Scotland, where she taught anthropology with forensic anthropologist Dame Susan Margaret "Sue" Black , DBE , FRSE . With an increasing interest in criminology, she decided to relocate to Australia in 2012, where she is now a lecturer at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales.

Mallett has published in various scientific journals. In 2014 she published the book Mothers Who Murder: And Infamous Miscarriages of Justice about mothers who have killed their own children.

Television career

From 2010 to 2011, Mallett worked as a forensic anthropologist on the BBC Two series History Cold Case . In the series, Mallett and other experts (including Sue Black ) tried to elucidate the causes of death by means of their remains, which date from the Roman period to the Victorian era . She also appeared in the US version of the series, which aired on the National Geographic Channel as The Decrypters in 2011.

In Australia in 2013, Mallett presented Wanted , an interactive television program designed to encourage the public to help solve crimes through clues. She also co-hosted Coast Australia , a show focused on the coastal geography of Australia.

In 2014, she presented a television show, Mothers Who Murder , on Australia's Channel Ten, which coincided with the release of her book. On this show, she met families and the police to investigate what led to the killings. One of the women she profiled was Rachel Pfitzner, who killed her 2-year-old son Dean Shillingsworth in 2007.

Private life

Xanthé Mallett has been married to Neil Telling, a forklift driver who she has known since 1992, since 2007 .

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References and comments

  1. ↑ a b Scottish scientist and Coast star Xanthe Mallet discusses her new life in Australia . In: The Daily Record , June 9, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2015. 
  2. ↑ Digging up the bare bones of history 'curious cold cases is all in a day's work for UNE anthropologist . In: Northern Daily Leader , February 8, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2015. 
  3. ↑ a b c d Our worst secrets are not safe with her . In: The Sydney Morning Herald , July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2015. 
  4. ↑ Is this the face of Jack the Ripper? . In: BBC News , August 31, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2015. 
  5. ↑ "My experience with various criminal cases has helped me to realize that I was more interested in the behaviors behind the crimes than just identifying the victims and perpetrators using physical evidence they left behind." In Meet UNE's Xanthe Mallett , New England Focus, July 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ Meet UNE's Xanthe Mallett . In: New England Focus , March 7, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2015. 
  7. ↑ 7PM INTERVIEW: Dr Xanthé Mallett, author of Mothers Who Murder, chats to John Purcell , Booktopia. December 8, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2015. 
  8. ^ The Decrypters . National Geographic Channel . Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ Dr. Xanthé Mallett . History Channel Australia. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ Mothers Who Murder . Channel Ten . Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Mallett, Xanthe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mallett, Xanthé D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish forensic anthropologist, criminologist and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria (Scotland)