Geoscientists at Crime Scenes A Companion to Forensic Geoscience

About this book

Geoscientists at Crime Scenes presents the forensic geoscience in general and, in particular, in Italy and their application to peculiar crimes. Italy is internationally relevant due to the presence of different kinds of "geo-crimes" (in the first place, environmental mafia), and is emblematic to understanding the best way to fight these crimes. Geoscientists at Crime Scenes will not only offer a new view point to comprehending these "geo-crimes", but also fresh and updated results of the different methods applied to fight against these crimes. Geoscientists at Crime Scenes is unique in that it is not a collection of articles but an individual work with the same theme beginning with a state-of-the-art of these disciplines to their international value passing through several case studies.

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 - Introduction to forensic geoscience
Chapter 2 - Geological materials on the crime scene
Chapter 3 - Pedology applied to forensics
Chapter 4 - Forensic Analysis of Soils and Geological Materials
Chapter 5 - Remote sensing applications in forensic investigations
Chapter 6 - Forensic Geomorphology
Chapter 7 - Environmental Forensics
Chapter 8 - Forensic Geophysics
Chapter 9 - Forensic Archaeology
Chapter 10 - Quality, Expertise, and Ethics in Forensic Geoscience

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