Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ritz, Karl. (Editor ), Dawson, Lorna. (Editor ), Miller, David. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Concepts
  • “Soils Ain't Soils”: Context and Issues Facing Soil Scientists in a Forensic World
  • Expert Scientific Evidence in Court: The Legal Considerations
  • Some Thoughts on the Role of Probabilistic Reasoning in the Evaluation of Evidence
  • Microbial Community Profiling for the Characterisation of Soil Evidence: Forensic Considerations
  • The Current Status of Forensic Soil Examination in the Russian Federation
  • Characterisation and Discrimination of Urban Soils: Preliminary Results from the Soil Forensics University Network
  • Environmental Considerations for Common Burial Site Selection After Pandemic Events
  • Evidence
  • A Systematic Approach to Soil Forensics: Criminal Case Studies Involving Transference from Crime Scene to Forensic Evidence
  • Forensic Ecology, Botany, and Palynology: Some Aspects of Their Role in Criminal Investigation
  • Sediment and Soil Environmental Forensics: What Do We Know?
  • Petrography and Geochemical Analysis for the Forensic Assessment of Concrete Damage
  • Tracing Soil and Groundwater Pollution with Electromagnetic Profiling and Geo-Electrical Investigations
  • Locating Concealed Homicide Victims: Developing the Role of Geoforensics
  • Geological Trace Evidence: Forensic and Legal Perspectives
  • New Observations on the Interactions Between Evidence and the Upper Horizons of the Soil
  • The Forensic Analysis of Sediments Recovered from Footwear
  • Using Soil and Groundwater Data to Understand Resistivity Surveys over a Simulated Clandestine Grave
  • Spatial Thinking in Search Methodology: A Case Study of the ‘No Body Murder Enquiry’, West of Ireland
  • Localisation of a Mass Grave from the Nazi Era: A Case Study
  • Taphonomy
  • Research in Forensic Taphonomy: A Soil-Based Perspective
  • Can Temperature Affect the Release of Ninhydrin-Reactive Nitrogen in Gravesoil Following the Burial of a Mammalian (Rattus rattus) Cadaver?
  • Taphonomic Changes to the Buried Body in Arid Environments: An Experimental Case Study in Peru
  • Decomposition Studies Using Animal Models in Contrasting Environments: Evidence from Temporal Changes in Soil Chemistry and Microbial Activity
  • Microbial Community Analysis of Human Decomposition on Soil
  • Technology
  • Analysis of Soils in a Forensic Context:Comparison of Some Current and Future Options
  • Automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN®) Mineral Analysis in Forensic Soil Investigations: Testing Instrumental Reproducibility
  • Rapid, Reliable and Reviewable Mineral Identification with Infrared Microprobe Analysis
  • Preservation and Analysis of Three-Dimensional Footwear Evidence in Soils: The Application of Optical Laser Scanning
  • Discrimination of Domestic Garden Soils Using Plant Wax Compounds as Markers
  • Environmental Forensic Investigations: The Potential Use of a Novel Heavy Metal Sensor and Novel Taggants
  • Separation and Concentration of Trace Evidence from Soils Using a Hydropneumatic Elutriation Trace Evidence Concentrator (TEC)
  • Postscript
  • Soils in Forensic Science: Underground Meets Underworld.