Applying Local Climate Effects to Homicide Investigations

Auteur

Richard H. Grant is a Professor of Agronomy and Agro-Micrometeorology at Purdue University who has consulted over the past 30 years in forensic climatology for 10 homicide cases in Ontario, Canada, Indiana, New Mexico, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Montanain addition to having conducted climatological investigations for several non-homicide court cases, insurance claims, and environmental compliance issues. He has taught over 60 course-semesters on topics including climate, local climate, microclimate, forensic climatology and meteorological science at Purdue University, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and St. Joseph's College since 1983. He has authored over 170 articles and over 140 conference abstracts or proceedings addressing many aspects of local climates. While he has authored seven book chapters, this is his first published book.

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Applying Local Climate Effects to Homicide Investigation presents the concepts behind using local climate and weather records to enhance understanding of criminal cases.

Résumé
Applying Local Climate Effects to Homicide Investigation presents the concepts behind using local climate and weather records to enhance understanding of criminal cases.

Contenu

1. Introduction and overview

2. How local climate affects PMI estimates using entomological methods

Neal H. Haskell and Leon G. Higley

3. How local climate affects PMI estimates using anthropological methods

4. Controls on local climate temperature

5. Controls on local climate humidity

6. Microclimate of the corpse location: what to consider

7. Sources of and problems with climate records

8. Post-discovery on-site measurements

9. Modeling the corpse microclimate

10. How do measurement and modeling errors affect the specificity of PMI estimates

Glossary

Appendices: Case studies