Metodyka zabezpieczania środowiskowych śladów wpostaci materiału okrzemkowego

• Authors: Iwona Bogusz , Joanna Żelazna-Wieczorek , Izabela Jesionowska

Title variants

EN

Methodology for securing environmental traces in the form of diatomaceous material

Abstracts

EN

The use of diatoms as environmental forensic traces is an ideal tool for linking a person to a specific place – environment, and may also be helpful in diagnosing drownings or determining the place of drowning. This is a standard tool used by law enforcement agencies in numerous European countries, as well as in Australia, China, India and the United States of America. The aim of this work is to indicate possible methods and principles that should be used to secure diatoms at the scene during procedural activities such as site examination and search, as well as to promote knowledge in the field of forensic diatomology in Poland. This methodology was developed based on recognized and widely used experience in obtaining and securing diatoms for the purposes of research based on their taxonomy and ecology as well as on the literature. We recommend a procedure for securing diatom material based on methods used and developed by scientists and adapted to the conditions and technical capabilities available to a Polish police officer – a forensic technician.

PL

Wykorzystanie okrzemek jako środowiskowych śladów kryminalistycznych stanowi idealne narzędzie do powiązania osoby z konkretnym miejscem – środowiskiem, a także może być pomocne przy diagnozowaniu utonięć lub przy typowaniu miejsca utonięcia. Narzędzie to jest standardowo stosowane przez organy ścigania w wielu krajach Europy, a także w Australii, Chinach, Indiach oraz Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki. Celem niniejszej pracy jest wskazanie możliwych metod i zasad, które powinny być stosowane przy zabezpieczaniu okrzemek na miejscu zdarzenia podczas takich czynności procesowych jak: oględziny i przeszukanie, a także propagowanie wiedzy z zakresu diatomologii kryminalistycznej w Polsce. Niniejsza metodyka została opracowana w oparciu o uznane i powszechnie stosowane doświadczenia w pozyskiwaniu i zabezpieczaniu okrzemek do celów badan z zakresu ich taksonomii i ekologii na podstawie piśmiennictwa. Rekomendujemy procedurę postępowania przy zabezpieczaniu materiału okrzemkowego oparta na metodach stosowanych i wypracowanych przez naukowców oraz dostosowana do warunków i technicznych możliwości, którymi dysponuje polski policjant – technik kryminalistyki.

Keywords

PL

diatomologia kryminalistyczna; okrzemki; procedura zabezpieczania prób srodowiskowych

EN

forensic diatomology; diatoms; procedure for securing environmental samples

• Publisher: Centralne Laboratorium Kryminalistyczne Policji
• Journal: Problemy Kryminalistyki
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 319

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Iwona Bogusz

• Centrum Szkolenia Policji w Legionowie

• https://orcid.org/0000000242567350

author

Joanna Żelazna-Wieczorek

• Uniwersytet Łódzki, Katedra Algologii i Mykologii, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

• https://orcid.org/0000000310448151

author

Izabela Jesionowska

• Uniwersytet Łódzki, Katedra Algologii i Mykologii, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

• https://orcid.org/0009000750924200

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34836/pk.2023.319.1

Biblioteka Nauki

30146546