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Publications
Guidelines for conducting criminal and environmental soil forensic investigations
Fitzpatrick, R.W., and M.D. Raven. 2012. Guidelines for conducting criminal and environmental soil forensic investigations (Version 7). Rep. CAFSS_076, Centre for Australian Forensic Soil Science, 39 pp. (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Journal papers
Fitzpatrick R.W. (2011) Getting the dirt: The value of soil in criminal investigations. Gazette, Vol. 73, No 1, pp. 22-23. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Publication. (PDF, 772 kB)
Web version [external link]
Fitzpatrick R.W. (2012) Forensic earth science: Getting the dirt on crime". e-Science Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide. Issue 2, pp. 5-11; pp 50-56 (Resources). www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/e-science/
First click: www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au/e-science/
Then click: Issue 2 Web (incl. Android devices)
(Do not click on: iPad unless uploading via an iPad)
Feature article How soil science is used to solve criminal investigations pages 5-11
Then click Resources (top right hand side of screen) to go directly to following sections:
• Experiment suggested student activity: pages 50-52
• Case studies: pages 53-56
• Quiz: pages 56-59
• Credits: pages 79-80
e-Science is designed primarily for teachers and is a free interactive electronic journal/ magazine that offers feature articles written by key researches linked to the 10 Big Questions of science with links to videos, podcasts, websites, URL Apps and other useful science resources and information.
Books, Encyclopaedia chapters and presentations
Fitzpatrick Rob and Mark Raven (2010). Soil Science Support for Environmental Crime Investigations. Presentation to the 16th International Forensic Science Symposium, Interpol General Secretariat Lyon, France 5-8 October 2010, Thematic session on Environmental Crime:
Fitzpatrick RW (2009) Soil: Forensic Analysis. In Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (Editors-In-Chief: A Jamieson and A Moenssens). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom. pp. 2377–2388. http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780470061589/home/
View article (PDF, 668 kB)
Fitzpatrick R.W. (Editor) (2006). Proceedings of the “First International Workshop on Criminal and Environmental Forensics”, Perth, May. Centre for Australian Forensic Soil Science
Fitzpatrick, R.W. (2008). Nature, distribution and origin of soil materials in the forensic comparison of soils. In: Soil analysis in forensic taphonomy: chemical and biological effects of buried human remains” (Eds. M. Tibbett and D.O. Carter). pp. 1-28. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Fitzpatrick Rob, Mark Raven and Sean Forrester (2008). A Criminal Case Study Involving Transference of Acid Sulfate Soils from a Crime Scene to Forensic Evidence. In Inland Acid Sulfate Soil Systems Across Australia (Eds. R.W. Fitzpatrick and P Shand). pp 151-161. CRC LEME Open File Report No. 249. (Thematic Volume) CRC LEME, Perth, Australia.
Fitzpatrick R.W., M.D. Raven and S.T. Forrester (2009) A Systematic Approach to Soil Forensics: Criminal Case Studies Involving Transference from Crime Scene to Forensic Evidence. In Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics (Eds. K. Ritz, L. Dawson, D. Miller) pp. 105-127. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Popular publications
* The Helix Magazine is for ages 10+ and publishes fascinating science news, feature stories, hands-on experiments and competitions every two months. The Helix has been Australia's premier science education magazine since 1986. The Helix is one of the magazines of CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club: www.csiro.au/products/TheHelix/index--group-Feature%2BArticle.html
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