Network: Geoforensics and information management for crime investigation

非技术性摘要警方搜索谋杀案受害者的坟墓或埋藏的文物依赖于识别地面扰动的视觉迹象和通过昂贵的地面搜索和挖掘进行的丢弃物品，这些搜索和挖掘往往是徒劳的。这项提议旨在通过研究用户网络和来自不同科学学科的代表，评估法医实验室、检察机关和警察部队等组织的需求。该网络的活动将是审查和评价土壤和植被的分析“指纹”、非侵入性测量、数据和图像分析等专题中的现有和新技术，以及与地理数据库的链接，以帮助限制与犯罪现场证据有关的搜索区域。该项目的工作将涉及以下主题：1.建立一个在土壤和植物方面具有使用或科学兴趣的法医应用专家网络。制定一项计划，向不同的受众传达项目的活动和结果。阅读和报告土壤和植被分析专题中的现有技术和新技术，包括测量技术、图像解译和地理数据库链接。该网络将定期举行会议，为所有成员举行一般性讨论，并举行专家组会议，讨论下列标题下的专题：法医学、土壤和植被特征分析、图像分析(例如，利用飞机、卫星或地面遥感)和测量工具、计算机软件、数据库和结果交流。会议的性质将是就不同类型的土壤和植被分析方法的价值和改进的优先事项交换意见，图像测量和分析用于识别埋藏特征的价值，以及可用于帮助搜索目标区域的地理数据库的使用，例如通过确定结合土壤和植被特征的地点对证据进行分析。预计网络活动的主要受益者将是警察部队、法医实验室(如法医处和警察实验室)、法律机构和提供法医分析的私人公司。从一开始，这些缔约方的代表将被邀请组成一个咨询小组，其作用将是确保研究得到适当的设计。该小组还将就选择方法的标准、犯罪现场环境的例子、向法庭提交证据的方式以及满足法医调查人员和分析人员要求所需的标准提供咨询意见。在项目接近尾声时，将为其他对该专题感兴趣的小组提高对项目活动的了解，包括为相关专家提供培训材料的建议。该网络的一项任务将是为欧洲联盟、各国政府和工业界提供进一步资金的建议，以发展法医活动要求背后的科学，并开发所用方法的商业应用。

Non-technical summaryPolice searches for murder victims' graves or buried artefacts rely on recognising visual signs of ground disturbance and discarded items undertaken by costly, often unproductive, ground searches and excavations. This proposal aims to evaluate the needs of organizations such as forensic laboratories, prosecution services, and police forces, through a network of users of research, and representatives from different scientific disciplines. The activities of the network will be to review and evaluate existing and new technologies in the topics of analytical 'fingerprinting' of soils and vegetation, non-invasive measurement, data and image analysis, and links with geographic databases for aiding in limiting areas of search associated with evidence from a crime scene. The work of the project will address the following topics:1. Creation of an network of experts with a use, or scientific interest in forensic applications with respect to soils and vegetation.2. Development of a plan of communicating the activities and results of the porject to different audiences.3. Reading and reporting on existing and new technologies in the topics of analysing soils and vegetation, with measurement techniques, image interpretation, and links to geographic databases.4. The writing of proposals for further funding, guided by the expertise of a group within the project working on forensic science.The network will meet at regular intervals with general discussions for all memebers, and specialist group meetings to address topics under the following headings: forensic science, analysis of the characteristics of soils and vegetation, image analysis (e.g. by remote sensing using aircraft, satellites, or pulled across the ground) and measurement tools, computer software, databases and communications of results. The nature of the meetings will be to exchange opinions on the value of, and prioritise improvements in, different types of methods for analysing soils and vegetation, the value of image measurement and analysis for identifying buried features, and the use of geographic databases which can be used to help target areas of search by, for example, identifying sites with a combination of soil and vegetation characteristics derived from analysis of evidence.It is anticipated that the principal beneficiaries of the network activities will be Police Forces, forensic laboratories (such as the Forensic Science Service and police laboratories), and legal institutions, as well as private companies offering forensic analysis. From the beginning, representatives from these parties will be invited to form part of an advisory group, the role of which will be to ensure that the research is appropriately designed. The group will also advise on criteria for the selection of methods, examples of the environment at the scene of a crime, the ways in which evidence has to be submitted in court, and the standards required to meet the requirements of forensic investigators and analysts. Towards the end of the project work will be done on raising understanding of the activities of the project for other groups with an interest in the topic, including recommendations for materials for training for relevant experts. A task of the network will be to develop proposals for further funding from the European Union, national government and industry to develop the science behind the requirements of the forensic activities, and to develop commercial applications of the methods used.