Investigating the sensitivity of cadaver-detection dogs to decomposition fluid

Bids, RC; Rust, LT; Nizio, KD; Rai, T; Stuart, BH; Forbes, SL

Investigating the sensitivity of cadaver-detection dogs to decomposition fluid

Bids, RC Rust, LT Nizio, KD

Rai, T

Stuart, BH

Forbes, SL

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Forensic Identification, 2015, 65 (6), pp. 985 - 997
Issue Date:: 2015-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bids, RC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rust, LT	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nizio, KD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-1894	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rai, T https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-8983	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Stuart, BH https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-4435	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Forbes, SL https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7416-0080	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Forensic Identification, 2015, 65 (6), pp. 985 - 997	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0895-173X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37677
dc.description.abstract	Cadaver-detection dogs are regularly used by police and emergency services to locate human remains. Because of ethical restrictions, the dogs are not trained using cadavers, but instead, on pseudo-scents or human tissues, such as blood, bone, and decomposition fluid. However, the accuracy of these training aids as substitutes for human remains is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the dogs' sensitivity to human decomposition fluid as a training aid and to determine whether their sensitivity increased with exposure.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Forensic Identification	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Legal & Forensic Medicine	en_US
dc.title	Investigating the sensitivity of cadaver-detection dogs to decomposition fluid	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	65	en_US
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utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Graduate Research School
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CFS - Centre for Forensic Science
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Abstract:

Cadaver-detection dogs are regularly used by police and emergency services to locate human remains. Because of ethical restrictions, the dogs are not trained using cadavers, but instead, on pseudo-scents or human tissues, such as blood, bone, and decomposition fluid. However, the accuracy of these training aids as substitutes for human remains is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the dogs' sensitivity to human decomposition fluid as a training aid and to determine whether their sensitivity increased with exposure.

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