A woman reporting the homicide and burial of an infant in 2004 prompted the creation of an
experimental simulated neonate grave shortly before the real search commenced. The real …

Forensic geology is the application of geology to aid the investigation of crime. A Guide to
Forensic Geology was written by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) …

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is an established geophysical technique used extensively
for the accurate reconstruction of the shallow (< 10 m) subsurface. Reconstructions have …

Using forensic soil science and forensic geology as trace evidence and searches for burials
is the theme of the papers in this Special Publication. The concept and design of this volume …

To date, the bulk of research on place and crime has concentrated on crime scene locations
and home addresses of both victims and perpetrators. Beyond these locations, less is known …

This volume contains papers presented during the last three European Meetings on
Forensic Archaeology (EMFA) conferences. Some of these papers are written by …

Police in the UK received information that a person had been reported as missing. Despite a
diligent search and investigation, the person was not found. Several years later police …

In the absence of surface indications of burial sites, law enforcement or humanitarian
organizations are faced with the difficult task of focusing large‐scale ground searches to a …

For those in law enforcement, geographic crime scene mapping has historically been a
tactic for estimating the location of an offender by calculating his or her base (home, work, or …

No-body homicide cases are typically difficult to investigate, owing to the lack of forensics
and leads. Researchers in the fields of forensics, criminology, and psychology have …