Decomposing body research: The benefits for policing

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Decomposing body research: The benefits for policing

A proposed outdoor facility with buried cadavers could provide valuable opportunities to policing and forensic science. Nic Brunetti reports.

Date - 13th January 2014
By - Nic Brunetti - Police Oracle

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A large outdoor facility where cadavers are buried in the ground for decomposition research could inform police searches – as well as provide specialised training for scenes of crime officers (SOCOs).Forensic anthropologist Dr Anna Williams...

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