Date of Award
5-2025
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Academic Program
Forensics BS
Department
Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Dr. Marie Danforth
Advisor Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Abstract
An important aspect of death investigations is the recovery of human remains to determine crucial details such as body identity, time of death, and cause of death. Physical evidence is often moved by elements, such as water, gravity, plants, and scavengers in outdoor crime scenes, making recovery challenging. As a result, forensic scientists have created several search methods to locate dispersed human remains. Previous studies have primarily focused on predicting animal scavenging patterns, but few have compared the performance of forensic search methods in specific environments. This study addresses this area of research by assessing three common search methods in a grassland environment.
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Recommended Citation
Brown, Robert, "Forensic Search Methods: Comparing Effectiveness and Efficiency in a Grassland Environment" (2025). Honors Theses. 1056.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/1056