Research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. NIJ Award nr. 2008-DN-BX-K165. Ficheiro de 1,88 MB em formato PDF (90 p.).

Abstract. Table of contents. List of figures. List of tables. Executive summary. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1 Statement of the problem. 1.2 Statement of research rationale. 1.3 Literature review. Chapter 2. General field and laboratory methods. Chapter 3. Physicochemical environment of the ARF soil landscape. Chapter 4. Bacterial communities of the ARF soil landscape. Chapter 5. An investigation into the relationship of postmortem interval and the physicochemical parameters of gravesoils. Chapter 6. An investigation into the relationship of postmortem interval and the bacterial communities of gravesoils. Chapter 7. An investigation into the relationship of postmortem interval and microbial biomass of bone. Chapter 8. An investigation into the relationship of postmortem interval and bacterial metagenomics of bone. Chapter 9. Conclusions. 9.1 Discussion of findings. 9.2 Implications for policy and practice. 9.3 Implications for further research. References cited. Dissemination of research findings. Presentations. Publications.