RESEARCH BLOG.

Many forensic anthropology and disaster victim identification texts reduce search to a single procedural step: “Search for remains or evidence.” The brevity implies that searching is straightforward when, in reality, outdoor searches involve dynamic environments, changing remains, and complex assumptions about how bodies behave after death. Simplistic thinking about searching can cause increases in time, money, and manpower expenditures. It can also lead to poor results for t

What comes to mind when I say the phrase specialized police unit? Police dogs? Homicide detectives? The gang unit? Perhaps foot patrol or officers on horseback? All of these are common specialized police units—and there are many others besides. But what makes a unit a specialty unit? What differentiates them from general patrol? Overall, specialized police units fall into one of three categories: Units specializing in a particular patrol method . Most common among these types