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Validating digital forensic evidence [PDF]

, 2011
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This dissertation focuses on the forensic validation of computer evidence. It is a burgeoning field, by necessity, and there have been significant advances
Shanmugam, Karthikeyan
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The use of Forensic Entomology within Clandestine Gravesite investigations

Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, 2023
The use forensic entomology within clandestine gravesite excavations can provide valuable information for a medicolegal death investigation. Insect evidence can provide an estimate for specific portions of the postmortem interval as well as yield ...
Jason H. Byrd, Lerah Sutton
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Revisiting the concept of entomotoxicology

Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020
Until now, the term entomotoxicology has only been used in medico-legal sciences. However, entomotoxicology as a whole has a much wider scope and forensic entomotoxicology is just one of its branches.
Jiri Hodecek
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Palaeontology applied to criminal investigation

Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, 2023
Forensic palaeontology may be applied to the scientific investigation of outdoor crime scenes because of the potential presence of geological trace evidence on victims and perpetrators due to the trace transfer from the crime scene, as a consequence of ...
Antonella Cinzia Marra, Gianpaolo Di Silvestro, Roberta Somma   +2 more
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The impact of freezing on the post-mortem human microbiome

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionHuman donations are often used in forensic research as they can provide unique insights into post-mortem research that cannot be obtained with animal proxies.
Nengi Ogbanga, Andrew Nelson, Sarah Gino, Sarah Gino, Daniel J. Wescott, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Hayley L. Mickleburgh, Timothy P. Gocha, Noemi Procopio, Noemi Procopio, Noemi Procopio   +10 more
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Comparative Decomposition of Humans and Pigs: Soil Biogeochemistry, Microbial Activity and Metabolomic Profiles

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Vertebrate decomposition processes have important ecological implications and, in the case of human decomposition, forensic applications. Animals, especially domestic pigs (Sus scrofa), are frequently used as human analogs in forensic decomposition ...
Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Katharina M. Hoeland, Lois S. Taylor, Jessica D. Stevens, Michelle A. Moats, Sreejata Bandopadhyay, Stephen P. Dearth, Hector F. Castro, Kaitlin K. Hewitt, Shawn R. Campagna, Angela M. Dautartas, Giovanna M. Vidoli, Amy Z. Mundorff, Dawnie W. Steadman   +13 more
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Comment to “A.J. Collings, K. Brown, Reconstruction and physical fit analysis of fragmented skeletal remains using 3D imaging and printing” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Rep. 2 (2020) 100114].

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2021
The creation of virtual 3D-models of objects of forensic interest and the use of 3D printing gained more and more importance in the forensic field during the last years.
L. Campana, S. Fahrni, N. Moghaddam, S. Grabherr   +3 more
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Dating death

Antropologia Portuguesa, 2022
The estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI), particularly the late time since death, is a crucial issue when dealing with human remains. Its establishment is an important task for forensic scientists since it has important legal implications such as
Catarina Ermida, Eugénia Cunha, Maria Teresa Ferreira   +2 more
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Subaerial Decomposition of Small-Sized Remains in The Netherlands: Important Findings Regarding the PMI of a Four-Year Taphonomic Study

Biology, 2023
Studying post-mortem changes based on signs of decomposition (e.g., using scoring models) is one of the methods used in scientific studies to relate observable changes to the post-mortem interval (PMI).
Iris Sluis, Wilma Duijst, Tristan Krap
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Identification of the deceased: Use of forensic anthropology at Cape Town’s busiest medico-legal laboratory

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2019
South Africa is faced with a serious issue of unidentified human remains. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of anthropological analysis on local death investigations and case resolution for the busiest medico-legal laboratory within Cape ...
Athi Baliso, Chandra Finaughty, Victoria E. Gibbon   +2 more
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