Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; Foreword. CONCEPTS 1. "Soils ain t soils". Context and issues facing soil scientists in a forensic world; 2. Expert scientific evidence in court: the legal considerations; 3. Some thoughts on the role of probabilistic reasoning in the evaluation of evidence; 4. Microbial community profiling for the charactgerization f soil evidence: forensic considerations; 5. The current status of forensic soil examination in the Russian Federation; 6. Characterisation and discrimination of urban soils: Preliminary results from The Soil Forensics University Network; 7. Environmental considerations for common burial site selection after pandemic events.EVIDENCE8. A systematic approach to soil forensics: criminal case studies involving transference from crime scene to forensic evidence; 9. Forensic ecology, botany, and palynology: some aspects of their role in criminal investigation; 10. Sediment and soil environmental forensics: what do we know? 11. Petrography and geochemical analysis for the forensic assessment of concrete damage; 12. Tracing soil and groundwater pollution with electromagnetic profiling and geo-electrical investigations.GEOFORENSICS13. Locating concealed homicide victims: developing the role of geoforensics; 14. Geological trace evidence: forensic and legal perspectives; 15. New observations on the interactions between evidence and the upper horizons of the soil; 16. The geoforensic analysis of soils from footwear; 17. Using soil and groundwater data to understand resistance surveys over a simulated clandestine grave; 18. Spatial thinking in search methodology: a case study of the 'No body murder enquiry , West of Ireland; 19. Localisation of a mass grave from the Nazi era: a case study.TAPHONOMY20. Research in forensic taphonomy: a soil-based perspective; 21. Can temperature affect the release of ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen in gravesoil following the burial of a mammalian (Rattus rattus) cadaver? 22. Taphonomic changes to the buried body in arid environments: an experimental case study in Peru; 23. Decomposition studies using animal models in contrasting environments: evidence from temporal changes in soil chemistry and microbial activity; 24. Microbial community analysis of human decomposition on soil;TECHNOLOGY25. Analysis of soils in a forensic context: comparison of some current and future options; 26. Automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN®) mineral analysis in forensic soil investigations: testing instrumental reproducibility; 27. Rapid, reliable and reviewable mineral identification with infrared microprobe analysis; 28. Preservation and analysis of three-dimensional footwear evidence in soils: the application of optical laser scanning; 29. Discrimination of domestic garden soils using plant wax compounds as markers; 30. Environmental forensic investigations: the potential use of a novel heavy metal sensor and novel taggants; 31. Separation and concentration of trace evidence from soils using a hydropneumatic elutriation Trace Evidence Concentrator (TEC.POSTSCRIPT32. Soils in forensic science: underground meets underworld.Index
EAN/ISBN : 9781402092046
Publisher(s): Springer Netherlands
Discussed keywords: Rechtsmedizin
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Author(s): Ritz, Karl - Dawson, Lorna - Miller, David