Contemporaneous spatial sampling at scenes of crime: Advantages and disadvantages

Forensic Science International

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 196-202

  McKinley, Jennifer ^a   Ruffell, Alastair ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic; Geology; Plasterboard; Sampling; Scene of crime; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SHOE;

EID: 34548443267     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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