Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 “Soils Ain't Soils”: Context and Issues Facing Soil Scientists in a Forensic World
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   Chapter 2 Expert Scientific Evidence in Court: The Legal Considerations
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   Chapter 3 Some Thoughts on the Role of Probabilistic Reasoning in the Evaluation of Evidence
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   Chapter 4 Microbial Community Profiling for the Characterisation of Soil Evidence: Forensic Considerations
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   Chapter 5 The Current Status of Forensic Soil Examination in the Russian Federation
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   Chapter 6 Characterisation and Discrimination of Urban Soils: Preliminary Results from the Soil Forensics University Network
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   Chapter 7 Environmental Considerations for Common Burial Site Selection After Pandemic Events
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   Chapter 8 A Systematic Approach to Soil Forensics: Criminal Case Studies Involving Transference from Crime Scene to Forensic Evidence
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    Chapter 9 Forensic Ecology, Botany, and Palynology: Some Aspects of Their Role in Criminal Investigation
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    Chapter 10 Sediment and Soil Environmental Forensics: What Do We Know?
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    Chapter 11 Petrography and Geochemical Analysis for the Forensic Assessment of Concrete Damage
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    Chapter 12 Tracing Soil and Groundwater Pollution with Electromagnetic Profiling and Geo-Electrical Investigations
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    Chapter 13 Locating Concealed Homicide Victims: Developing the Role of Geoforensics
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    Chapter 14 Geological Trace Evidence: Forensic and Legal Perspectives
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    Chapter 15 New Observations on the Interactions Between Evidence and the Upper Horizons of the Soil
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    Chapter 16 The Forensic Analysis of Sediments Recovered from Footwear
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    Chapter 17 Using Soil and Groundwater Data to Understand Resistivity Surveys over a Simulated Clandestine Grave
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    Chapter 18 Spatial Thinking in Search Methodology: A Case Study of the ‘No Body Murder Enquiry’, West of Ireland
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    Chapter 19 Localisation of a Mass Grave from the Nazi Era: A Case Study
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    Chapter 20 Research in Forensic Taphonomy: A Soil-Based Perspective
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    Chapter 21 Can Temperature Affect the Release of Ninhydrin-Reactive Nitrogen in Gravesoil Following the Burial of a Mammalian (Rattus rattus) Cadaver?
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    Chapter 22 Taphonomic Changes to the Buried Body in Arid Environments: An Experimental Case Study in Peru
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    Chapter 23 Decomposition Studies Using Animal Models in Contrasting Environments: Evidence from Temporal Changes in Soil Chemistry and Microbial Activity
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    Chapter 24 Microbial Community Analysis of Human Decomposition on Soil
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    Chapter 25 Analysis of Soils in a Forensic Context:Comparison of Some Current and Future Options
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    Chapter 26 Automated SEM-EDS (QEMSCAN®) Mineral Analysis in Forensic Soil Investigations: Testing Instrumental Reproducibility
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    Chapter 27 Rapid, Reliable and Reviewable Mineral Identification with Infrared Microprobe Analysis
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    Chapter 28 Preservation and Analysis of Three-Dimensional Footwear Evidence in Soils: The Application of Optical Laser Scanning
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    Chapter 29 Discrimination of Domestic Garden Soils Using Plant Wax Compounds as Markers
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    Chapter 30 Environmental Forensic Investigations: The Potential Use of a Novel Heavy Metal Sensor and Novel Taggants
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    Chapter 31 Separation and Concentration of Trace Evidence from Soils Using a Hydropneumatic Elutriation Trace Evidence Concentrator (TEC)
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    Chapter 32 Soils in Forensic Science: Underground Meets Underworld