1st Edition

Criminal Dismemberment Forensic and Investigative Analysis

224 Pages
by CRC Press

224 Pages
by CRC Press

224 Pages
by CRC Press

Criminal Dismemberment is the first book to examine dismemberment as a phenomenon in the context of criminal acts. While the number of such dismemberment cases in any given country is often small, the notion of dismemberment captures the imagination, often leading many to question the motivations as to why anyone would perpetrate such an unnatural act. The act of dismemberment, in its... Read more

Preface





Chapter One: Introduction to Criminal Human Dismemberment





Sue Black, Guy Rutty, Sarah Hainsworth and Grant Thomson





Chapter Two: Dismemberment: An Historical Perspective





Shane McCorristine





Chapter Three: Psychology and Dismemberment





David Holmes





Chapter Four: Mr Adam Vincent, Humberside Police





Mark Oliver





Chapter Five: Miss Gemma McCluskie, Metropolitan Police Service





John Nicholson





Chapter Six: Terminology





Sue Black and Grant Thomson





Chapter Seven: Principles of Tool Mark Analysis and Evidential Best Practice





Grant Thomson and Sue Black





Chapter Eight: Overview of the Examination of a Dismembered Body





Guy Rutty and Bruno Morgan





Chapter Nine: The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Cases of Dismemberment





Lucina Hackman and Sue Black





Chapter Ten: Identification Marks – Saws





S. V. Hainsworth





Chapter Eleven: Identification Marks – Knives and Other Implements





S. V. Hainsworth





Chapter Twelve: Future Research in the Analysis of Criminal Dismemberment





S. Black, N. Nic Daéid, L. Hackman and G. Thomson





Appendix 1: Additional Investigative Resources





S. Baylis and G. S. Thomson





Appendix 2: Known Cases of Criminal Dismemberment in the UK Since 1985





Sue Black

Biography

Professor Dame Sue Black is a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, the Director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification and the Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee, UK.



Professor Guy Rutty is a Home Office registered Forensic Pathologist and is the vicechair of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, University of Leicester, UK.



Professor Sarah Hainsworth is a Professor of Materials and Forensic Engineering, University of Leicester, UK.



Mr. Grant Thomson is a former Scenes of Crime Officer and Crime Scene Manager. He is currently a senior trainer and consultant in capacity building within fragile and conflict affected states.