Xanthé Mallett
| Xanthé D. Mallett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 December 1976 Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Sheffield PhD, 2007 Cambridge MA, 2003 Bradford BA, 2002 |
| Occupation | forensic anthropologist, criminologist, TV presenter |
| Notable work | Mothers Who Murder, History Cold Case, Coast Australia |
Xanthé D. Mallett (pronounced /ˈzænθi/; born 17 December 1976) is a Scottish forensic anthropologist, criminologist and television presenter. She specialises in human craniofacial biometrics and hand identification, and behaviour patterns of paedophiles, particularly online. She is currently a professor at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Mallett was born in 1976 in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Her father was an engineer and her mother a former dancer. Mallet herself was a dancer, and from age 9 attended the Arts Educational School in Tring, Hertfordshire. She was also active in other sports, such as tennis, and planned to take a degree in physical education. However, a car accident severely damaged her knee and required 10 surgeries.
She received her bachelor's degree in archaeology from the University of Bradford, a master's degree in anthropology at the University of Cambridge and her doctorate in biological anthropology from the University of Sheffield.
For five years, she worked at the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification (CAHID) at the University of Dundee, Scotland, where she was also a professor of anthropology. Mallet stated that her interest in criminology began to increase, which led her to move to Australia in 2012. "My casework experience helped me to realise that I was becoming more interested in investigating the behaviours behind the crimes, rather than identifying the victims and offenders from physical evidence they leave behind," she said. She is now a lecturer at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales.
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