Ground penetrating radar(GPR)investigations have the potential to non-destructively detect buried or hidden targets and are therefore often used in forensic research.This study presents a particular application of GPR...Ground penetrating radar(GPR)investigations have the potential to non-destructively detect buried or hidden targets and are therefore often used in forensic research.This study presents a particular application of GPR methods to search for a missing person in a specific subsurface environment:a natural cave.The search for missing people in Italy is a problematic and delicate task that needs improvement.Results of this study highlight not only the ability to detect both hollow and forensic targets,but also precisely locate and define their geometries.Moreover,GPR findings efficiently focus archaeological excavation and body recovery in an exact area and help to minimise time digging in erroneous places.展开更多
Geographic profiling,or locus operandi,is a scientific approach that has been applied to forensic investigations for several years.However,it has never been applied to a phenomenon as complex as the search for missing...Geographic profiling,or locus operandi,is a scientific approach that has been applied to forensic investigations for several years.However,it has never been applied to a phenomenon as complex as the search for missing persons.This article presents three Italian case studies in which geographic profiling was used to narrow the areas to search for missing persons.The geographical data were mapped and processed on a geographic information system platform using computational geometry analysis.However,these disappearances occurred during the Italian lockdown period,imposed to address the COVID-19 outbreak,which made the searches slower and more complex than usual.展开更多
文摘Ground penetrating radar(GPR)investigations have the potential to non-destructively detect buried or hidden targets and are therefore often used in forensic research.This study presents a particular application of GPR methods to search for a missing person in a specific subsurface environment:a natural cave.The search for missing people in Italy is a problematic and delicate task that needs improvement.Results of this study highlight not only the ability to detect both hollow and forensic targets,but also precisely locate and define their geometries.Moreover,GPR findings efficiently focus archaeological excavation and body recovery in an exact area and help to minimise time digging in erroneous places.
文摘Geographic profiling,or locus operandi,is a scientific approach that has been applied to forensic investigations for several years.However,it has never been applied to a phenomenon as complex as the search for missing persons.This article presents three Italian case studies in which geographic profiling was used to narrow the areas to search for missing persons.The geographical data were mapped and processed on a geographic information system platform using computational geometry analysis.However,these disappearances occurred during the Italian lockdown period,imposed to address the COVID-19 outbreak,which made the searches slower and more complex than usual.
