Forensic Geoscience are the set of all sciences that focuses on Earth system and can be applied in law enforcement and in intelligence activities. The word “Forensic Geoscience” replaces the obsolete “Forensic Geology” because this last gave a limited and misleading image of possible and potential applications of the Earth Science in Criminalistic and Criminology. Geosciences more often used in Forensics are Geology “sensu stricto”, Paleontology, Mineralogy, Petrography, Geological engineering, Geophysics and Geochemistry. The leading countries in Forensics, such as United States, Canada, Germany and many others, have a long tradition of use of Forensic Geoscience as a tool in investigations and in court, while they are scarcely applied in Italy. A new section of the Italian Geological Society dedicated to this topic was, only recently, opened due to in Italy Forensic Geoscience are still scarcely known. The section aims to be a tool for communication between geologists, working in dif
FORENSIC GEOSCIENCE / Sacchi, Eva; Roncace', Scilla; Romano, M.; Nicosia, Umberto. - In: RENDICONTI ONLINE DELLA SOCIETÀ GEOLOGICA ITALIANA. - ISSN 2035-8008. - STAMPA. - 31, supplemento 1:(2014), pp. 776-776. (Intervento presentato al convegno Congresso congiunto SGI-SIMP tenutosi a Milano) [10.3301/ROL.2014.140].
FORENSIC GEOSCIENCE
SACCHI, Eva;RONCACE', SCILLA;NICOSIA, Umberto
2014
Abstract
Forensic Geoscience are the set of all sciences that focuses on Earth system and can be applied in law enforcement and in intelligence activities. The word “Forensic Geoscience” replaces the obsolete “Forensic Geology” because this last gave a limited and misleading image of possible and potential applications of the Earth Science in Criminalistic and Criminology. Geosciences more often used in Forensics are Geology “sensu stricto”, Paleontology, Mineralogy, Petrography, Geological engineering, Geophysics and Geochemistry. The leading countries in Forensics, such as United States, Canada, Germany and many others, have a long tradition of use of Forensic Geoscience as a tool in investigations and in court, while they are scarcely applied in Italy. A new section of the Italian Geological Society dedicated to this topic was, only recently, opened due to in Italy Forensic Geoscience are still scarcely known. The section aims to be a tool for communication between geologists, working in difI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
