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Dr Jamie Pringle's Outputs (129)

Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead (2024)
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Pringle, J. K., Binley, A., Wisniewski, K. D., Davenward, B., Heaton, V. G., & Handley, G. E. (2024). Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead. Forensic Science International: Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2024.100404

Cold case searches for the missing can be challenging, especially when the convicted perpetrator may or may not be giving forensic investigators truthful information. This paper reports on a cold case search for a teenage girl who was reported missin... Read More about Cold case report: Geoforensic brownfield site search for murder victim based on prison informant lead.

Applications of geoforensic trace evidence (2024)
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Jeffery, A. J., Pirrie, D., Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., & Stimpson, I. G. (2024). Applications of geoforensic trace evidence. Geology Today, 40(4), 139-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12484

Geoforensic trace evidence studies can be crucial for law enforcement and civil/criminal prosecution and defence, to test potential links between suspect(s), crime scenes or forensic object(s). In addition, trace geological evidence can be used to id... Read More about Applications of geoforensic trace evidence.

Geoforensic search on land (2024)
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Pringle, J., Wisniewski, K., Ruffell, A., & Hobson, L. (2024). Geoforensic search on land. Geology Today, 40(4), 146-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12485

Forensic geoscientists assist with the investigation of locating and characterizing suspected illegal activities and provide evidence for criminal or civil courts of law. Geoforensic search in terrestrial environments can be challenging, depending on... Read More about Geoforensic search on land.

Forensic geoscience on, and in, water (2024)
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Ruffell, A., Pringle, J. K., Powell, N., O'Keefe, A., Wisniewski, K. D., & Hobson, L. (2024). Forensic geoscience on, and in, water. Geology Today, 40(4), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12486

Geoscientists are being increasingly asked by law enforcement, environmental agencies and even wildlife trusts to investigate suspected illegal activities in and around water bodies for criminal or civil investigations. Searches and surveys in aquati... Read More about Forensic geoscience on, and in, water.

Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges (2024)
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Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., Styles, P., Stringfellow, M., Stimpson, I. G., Banham, S. G., …Thompson, J. (2024). Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges. Forensic Science International, 359, Article 112033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112033

Recent events in conflict zones have emphasized that the successful detection and characterisation of buried clandestine complexes, bunkers and tunnels is vitally important for forensic investigators globally, to reduce or solve criminal activities,... Read More about Forensic geoscience non-invasive detection and characterisation of underground clandestine complexes, bunkers, tunnels and firing ranges.

Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of victims using UAVs, GPR, electrical tomography and conductivity over 4-8 years post-burial to aid forensic search investigators in Colombia, South America (2024)
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Molina, C. M., Wisniewski, K. D., Salamanca, A., Saumett, M., Rojas, C., Gómez, H., …Pringle, J. K. (2024). Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of victims using UAVs, GPR, electrical tomography and conductivity over 4-8 years post-burial to aid forensic search investigators in Colombia, South America. Forensic Science International, 355, Article 111919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111919

In Colombia there are estimated to be over 121,000 missing people and victims of forced disappearances. Forensic investigators therefore need assistance in determining optimal detection techniques for buried victims, to give victims... Read More about Monitoring of simulated clandestine graves of victims using UAVs, GPR, electrical tomography and conductivity over 4-8 years post-burial to aid forensic search investigators in Colombia, South America.

A multidisciplinary scientific investigation of the 1916 Hawthorn Mine Crater, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Northern France (2024)
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Wisniewski, K., Doyle, P., Hunter, R., Pringle, J., Stimpson, I., Wright, D., …Ottey, P. (2024). A multidisciplinary scientific investigation of the 1916 Hawthorn Mine Crater, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Northern France. Journal of Conflict Archaeology, 18(2-3), 125-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/15740773.2023.2297202

Hawthorn Crater is a prominent feature of the former Somme battlefield near Beaumont Hamel, Northern France. It resulted from the detonation of arguably the most famous of nine mines that the British had prepared below German lines on 1 July 1916, as... Read More about A multidisciplinary scientific investigation of the 1916 Hawthorn Mine Crater, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Northern France.

Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland (2023)
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Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., Wisniewski, K. D., Davenward, B., Heaton, V., & Hobson, L. (in press). Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland. Forensic Science International, 100324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324


The cold case search for clandestine graves can be challenging due to the length of time elapsed since the crime and the search environment changing itself. This paper reports on a cold case search for “Christine”, a young girl who... Read More about Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland.

Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK (2023)
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Eissa, R., Cassidy, N., Gunn, D., Stimpson, I., Dashwood, B., Morgan, D., …Lee, J. (2023). Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. https://doi.org/10.46717/igj.56.1b.13ms-2023-2-21

<jats:p>Microtremor seismic surveys are routinely used to provide shear wave velocities that are converted to soil stiffness site profiles. In this paper, we look to assess the feasibility of using trains as seismic sources to characterize near-surfa... Read More about Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.

Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula (2022)
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Jeffery, A. J., Rogers, S. L., Pringle, J. K., Zholobenko, V. L., Jeffery, K. L., Wisniewski, K. D., …Emley, D. W. (2022). Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula. Journal of Chemical Education, 2277-2290. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01067

Access to laboratory facilities and associated instrumentation represents a major barrier to learning in physical science education, due to constraints introduced by limited time and financial resources, cost 20 of acquisition, and health and safety... Read More about Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula.