3D forensic science: A new field integrating 3D imaging and 3D printing in crime reconstruction

Carew, Rachael M.; French, James C.; Morgan, Ruth M.

doi:10.1016/j.fsisyn.2021.100205

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“…Post-trial associated material should be archived with the rest of the case material or returned to the police as exhibits (or a combination of both). However, without legislation or guidelines in place, there is concern that with numerous forensic actors involved in a 3D production [3], no single party holds responsibility for this data and this poses risk of potential ethical and legal issues.…”

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A survey of case studies on the use of forensic three-dimensional printing in England and Wales

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Abstract3D printing has rapidly developed and been applied in forensic science due to its use in creating demonstrations for courts of law. Much of the literature on this specific topic has focused on the use of 3D printed models in academia, the potential influence on a jury, and its use as a long-term documentation process, but with few actual forensic case examples. This paper offers an insight into the development of 3D printing in forensic practice and how 3D printing is currently being used in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.A series of case reports were gathered from multiple police forces and forensic practitioners in the UK to identify how 3D printing was being used. These discussions established who was requesting 3D printed exhibits, what type of technologies were being utilised, what type of exhibits were being printed, and resulting feedback for the use of 3D printed material within a criminal case. As a result, this research demonstrates the current use of 3D printing in England and Wales, discussing the associated cases that have been known to incorporate 3D prints. Likewise, this work explores the limitations that have been encountered by forensic practitioners and identifies a series of research questions that should be considered in future investigations.

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“…Although the capture of three-dimensional data is now well instilled within many of the disciplines associated with forensic science, the use of 3D printing is relatively new. The integration of 3D techniques and expertise in the criminal justice system requires specific consideration [3].…”

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A survey of case studies on the use of forensic three-dimensional printing in England and Wales

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“…III. Disorientation -Like motion sickness, disorientation occurs due to a user's brain struggling to differentiate between virtual and physical spatial movements [258].…”

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3D Forensic Crime Scene Reconstruction Involving Immersive Technology: A Systematic Literature Review

Maneli

Isafiade

2022

IEEE Access

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Recreation of 3D crime scenes is critical for law enforcement in the investigation of serious crimes for criminal justice responses. This work presents a premier systematic literature review (SLR) that offers a structured, methodical, and rigorous approach to understanding the trend of research in 3D crime scene reconstruction as well as tools, technologies, methods, and techniques employed thereof in the last 17 years. Major credible scholarly database sources, Scopus, and Google Scholar, which index journals and conferences that are promoted by entities such as IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, and SpringerLink were explored as data sources. Of the initial 17, 912 papers that resulted from the first search string, 258 were found to be relevant to our research questions after implementing the inclusion and exclusion criteria. To summarize the existing efforts, we compared and analysed various classical 3D reconstruction approaches. This study presents the first comprehensive review of key milestones in the development of methods for 3D crime scene reconstruction, gaps for improvement and where immersive technology has been used to enhance crime scene findings. This study found that the implementation of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scanners and immersive technologies, alongside traditional methods, has been beneficial in the recreation of crime scenes. The SLR is limited to existing applications with peer-reviewed papers published between 2005 and 2021. Results based on the analysed published data indicated that 20.2% of the articles implemented immersive technologies in crime scene reconstruction, of which Augmented Reality (AR) accounted for 15.3%, Virtual Reality (VR) accounted for 75%, Mixed reality (MR) accounted for 5.9% and VR and AR mixture accounted for 3.8%. Finally, we summarize the development trend of design and key technology prospects of crime scene recreation using immersive technology and provide insights into potential future research. To the best of the researchers' knowledge, this is the first survey that accomplishes such goals.

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“…through the 3D modelling of buildings, places and people at different points in time. (Carew et al, 2021) Moreover in the context of digital humanities the concept of linked data is increasingly used to combine data from very different sources. An interesting perspective in the context of such a national data infrastructure is an extension for linked data: Linked data interfaces can link several types of data and sources together and thereby build new knowledge.…”

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An Open Api for 3d-Georeferenced Historical Pictures

Ingensand

Lecorney

Blanc

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Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. In this article we describe the possibilities and opportunities of the utilization of 3D georeferenced historical images in different contexts. In the frame of an ongoing research project that aims at establishing a national infrastructure for georeferenced pictures, we have created an open API that allows researchers and developers to access and interact with an existing database containing 200’000 3D-georeferenced images. In this database images have been georeferenced by volunteers in 3D using monoplotting. The new API allows for instance to extract the 3D geolocation of images and their footprints as well as to upload new images. It is as far as possible based on existing standards in the fields of archive management, 3D image standards and web-services. This work is of interest for researchers who want to utilize and analyze 3D georeferenced historical imagery and for people who want to establish open API’s to give access to data that is relevant for research.

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3D forensic science: A new field integrating 3D imaging and 3D printing in crime reconstruction

Cited by 19 publications

References 26 publications

A survey of case studies on the use of forensic three-dimensional printing in England and Wales

A survey of case studies on the use of forensic three-dimensional printing in England and Wales

3D Forensic Crime Scene Reconstruction Involving Immersive Technology: A Systematic Literature Review

An Open Api for 3d-Georeferenced Historical Pictures

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