Forensic Perspective

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Events - Conference

The British Association of Human Identification will give its annual conference.
The theme will be again: The Missing, focusing in "on casework and research advances relating to the confirmation of personal identity of the dead".
It will take place in Manchester, from 14th  to 16th of October.

More informations: Here

Eventos - Portugal

Para os que estão em Portugal aqui fica um curso de curta duração  de Ciências Forenses, que irá ter lugar na Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde, em Lisboa, nos dias 15, 29 de Outubro e 5 de Novembro.

NecroSearch International

A few days ago, I ´ve received a LinkedIn invitation from a Necrosearch International Founder.

I´ve decided, immediately, to write a post about it and its nature.

This post is rather useful for in the forensic world or law enforcement agents who are not so familiar with this topic: multidisciplinary approach to buried or hidden human remains and the background research that this activity comprises.

This association was created in 1987 in the United States of America.

The volunteer’s members dedicate their time helping law enforcement agencies locating clandestine graves and the evidence associated to it. There are several professional areas which can complement the investigations, constituting an holistic approach to the scene of crime, or to the area that have potential.

One of the essential piece of work of this Association is the research of the burial site and the decomposition of the corpse, using pigs (Sus Scrofa) as a substitute of human cadavers.

You can find more information on their Website and with a quick research on the web it will appear articles that you can find useful.

Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction

Hello to you all

I apologize for the lack of fresh posts..but here there´s another one.

I would like to share with you the Association of Crime Scene Reconstruction and its website.

The goals of this Association are:

To encourage the exchange of information and procedures useful in the reconstruction of crime scenes.

To stimulate research and develop new and/or improved methods of crime scene reconstruction.

To promote the improvement of professional expertise of persons working in the field through education and training seminars.

To provide the opportunity for members to consult with their peers on cases.

To publish a newsletter for the distribution of information relating to the Association and to crime scene reconstruction.

To promote cooperation and communication between agencies, disciplines, and members of the Association.

To provide members with access to experts within the various disciplines within the Association membership.

To provide the membership with a current roster of members listing their agency, address, phone numbers, responsibilities, and area of expertise.” *

Because crime scene professionals can always benefit from sharing information and experiences and as I think there are no two crime scenes alike, there´s a constant need to be updated.

Here is the Website:

http://www.acsr.org/

Sudan´s Mass Graves found

In images provided by George´s Clooney satellite mass graves were identified..
These mass graves apparently result from confronts in Sudan, between the army and a rebel group.
In the image we can spot three areas, that could be consistent with these informations.
Any expert in aerial imagery?



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Fight Traffiking of Human Beings

Here I share with you what it seems to be a great project, regarding the issue of Traffiking of Human Beings. The University of Granada (José Lorente) conceived an "international project for genetic identification of missing children and their families" established in 2004.
The aim is identify victims and return them to their families.

DNA PRO KIDS