Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves
The percentage of discoveries due to traditional and non-traditional searches for homicide graves is still meager in Italy. A critical exam of the scientific approaches followed by Italian law enforcements, in recent cases of unsuccessful ground searches for homicide graves, should be seriously done...
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| description | The percentage of discoveries due to traditional and non-traditional searches for homicide graves is still meager in Italy. A critical exam of the scientific approaches followed by Italian law enforcements, in recent cases of unsuccessful ground searches for homicide graves, should be seriously done for evidencing the possible errors done. In order to assist law enforcements in the ground searches, the present research reports on: i) the appearance of a clandestine grave with the related main characteristics; ii) the factors influencing the choice of the burial site; iii) the modern approaches usable during ground search activities as proposed by UK experts; iv) the main results of remote sensing investigations and the Red-Amber-Green search prioritization system carried out for the search for three different clandestine graves. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31865c22bdd34b20bb6cb72b2b9c7b472023-11-30T09:45:36ZengAccademia Peloritana dei PericolantiAtti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali0365-03591825-12422023-09-01101S1A510.1478/AAPP.101S1A5AAPP.101S1A5Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide gravesRoberta SommaLerah SuttonJason H. ByrdThe percentage of discoveries due to traditional and non-traditional searches for homicide graves is still meager in Italy. A critical exam of the scientific approaches followed by Italian law enforcements, in recent cases of unsuccessful ground searches for homicide graves, should be seriously done for evidencing the possible errors done. In order to assist law enforcements in the ground searches, the present research reports on: i) the appearance of a clandestine grave with the related main characteristics; ii) the factors influencing the choice of the burial site; iii) the modern approaches usable during ground search activities as proposed by UK experts; iv) the main results of remote sensing investigations and the Red-Amber-Green search prioritization system carried out for the search for three different clandestine graves. http://dx.doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.101S1A5 |
| spellingShingle | Roberta Somma Lerah Sutton Jason H. Byrd Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali |
| title | Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves |
| title_full | Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves |
| title_fullStr | Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves |
| title_short | Forensic Geology applied to the search for homicide graves |
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