Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; Foreword. C. Alcock.CONCEPTS1. 'Soils ain't soils'. Context and issues facing soil scientists in a forensic world, J. Robertson; 2. Expert scientific evidence in court: the legal considerations, D.P. Auchie; 3. Some thoughts on the role of probabilistic reasoning in the evaluation of evidence, C.G.G. Aitken; 4. Microbial community profiling for the characterization of soil evidence: forensic considerations, G.F. Sensabaugh; 5. The current status of forensic soil examination in the Russian Federation, O. Gradusova and E. Nesterina; 6. Characterisation and discrimination of urban soils: Preliminary results from The Soil Forensics University Network, A. Morrisson, S. McColl, L.A. Dawson and M. Brewer; 7. Environmental considerations for common burial site selection after pandemic events, A. Williams, T. Temple, S.J.T. Pollard, R.M. Jones and K. Ritz.EVIDENCE8. A systematic approach to soil forensics: criminal case studies involving transference from crime scene to forensic evidence, R.W. Fitzpatrick, M.D. Raven and S.T. Forrester; 9. Forensic ecology, botany, and palynology: some aspects of their role in criminal investigation, P.E.J. Wiltshire; 10. Sediment and soil environmental forensics: what do we know? S. Mudge; 11. Petrography and geochemical analysis for the forensic assessment of concrete damage, I. Fernandes, M.A.T.M. Broekmans and F. Noronha; 12. Tracing soil and groundwater pollution with electromagnetic profiling and geo-electrical investigations, K. Martens and K. Walraevens.GEOFORENSICS13. Locating concealed homicide victims: developing the role of geoforensics, M. Harrison and L.J. Donnelly; 14. Geological trace evidence: forensic and legal perspectives, A. Keaney, A. Ruffell and J. McKinley; 15.New observations on the interactions between evidence and the upper horizons of the soil, I. Hanson, J. Djohari, J. Orr, P. Furphy, C. Hodgson, G. Cox and G. Broadbridge; 16. The geoforensic analysis of soils from

From the reviews:"This is a fine volume with an excellent collection of papers. It should be of interest to anyone looking for a series of papers that provide insight into where the field of forensic soil science is today and where it might be tomorrow. The index is very useful. The illustrations are well done and useful; the color photos are excellent. References in the individual papers are up to date, and the abstracts are universally well written." (Ray Murray, Vadose Zone Journal, Vol. 9 (1), February, 2010)