Recent Publications

A research student, Michael Pertsinakis, presented a poster on his preliminary results at the European Association for Vision and Eye Research meeting in October 2010.  The title of the poster - Evaluating the effect of cataractous vision on the general characteristics of handwriting: its forensic implications
PERTSINAKIS M, PLAINIS S, LIMNOPOULOU A, GIANNAKOPOULOU T, ILIAKI O, TSILIMBARIS MK, PALLIKARIS IG, JACKSON AWR, PLATT AWG

Relative Difficulty of Freehand Simulation of Four Proportional Elements in Arabic Signatures
Abdulaziz Alkahtani and Andrew W G Platt 
J. Soc. Am. Quest. Doc. 12(2) 69-76 (2009)

A Statistical Study of the Relative Difficulty of Freehand Simulation of Form, Proportion, and Line Quality in Arabic Signatures 
Abdulaziz Alkahtani and Andrew W G Platt 
Science and Justice 50  72–76 (2010)

Web Journal ‘Global Forensic Science Today’ – (in press) http://www.globalforensicsciencetoday.net

“A study of the effects of common insecticides on the colonisation and decomposition of carrion by invertebrates”
Andrew Chick J.P. Cassella C. Terrell-Nield [1]
Department of Forensic Science, Faculty of Science, Staffordshire University,
[1] School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Nottingham Trent University.

Journal of Forensic Science (in press)

“Time-lapse Geophysical Investigations over a Simulated Urban Clandestine Grave”
Jamie K. Pringle,1 Ph.D.; John Jervis,1 M.Res.; John P. Cassella,2 Ph.D.; and Nigel J. Cassidy,1 Ph.D.
1School of Physical Sciences & Geography, Keele University, Keele, Staffs., ST5 5BG, UK.
2Faculty of Health & Sciences, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., ST4 2DE, UK.

2nd International Soil Forensics Conference Edinburgh, Nov 2007  Book – Chapter (in press)

“Using soil and groundwater data to understand resistance surveys over a simulated clandestine grave”
John R. Jervis1, Jamie K. Pringle1, John P. Cassella2 & George Tuckwell3
1Applied and Environmental Geophysics Group, School of Physical Sciences and Geography, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
2Faculty of Health and Sciences, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DE, UK
3Stats Limited, Porterswood House, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6PO, UK

12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, June 16-19, 2008, Birmingham, UK and Conference Book Chapter

"Combined time-lapse 3D GPR and resistivity investigations on simulated clandestine burials in complex urban environments"
L. Nuzzo , J. K. Pringle1, J. Jervis1, J.P Cassella2, and N.J. Cassidy1
1School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, U.K.
2Faculty of Health & Sciences, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., ST4 2DE, U.K.

Forensic geophysics – The Science of Searching (in press)

Short article to be published in the Police Journal
Jervis J. Pringle J. Tuckwell G. Cassella J.

When science doesn’t meet the law: addressing the absence of forensic skills in law degrees. (submitted)
Dr Carole McCartney, School of Law, University of Leeds,
Professor John Cassella, Dept. of Forensic Science, Staffordshire University.

Intro: This short article outlines the development of an educational package to bring forensic science into the law curriculum. It details a current project at Leeds University, in collaboration with forensic science educators from Staffordshire University.
Submitted to the “HEA Directions in Legal Education”