Trace evidence in traffic accident investigations / Kontaktspurenbefunde in der Unfallrekonstruktion
Linda Alewijnse
Netherlands Forensic Institute
Linda Alewijnse has a background in Biology at Leiden University and received a Master’s degree in Forensic Science from the University of Amsterdam. She worked as a forensic handwriting examiner at the Netherlands Forensic Institute for 5 years. She has been working as a forensic Fibres and Textiles examiner for 2 years now.Linda is mainly occupied with coordination, examination and reporting in casework regarding fibres and textiles. This is in order to answer questions from criminal law enforcement. Other tasks involve R&D, knowledge sharing and quality assurance.
Target
The forensic investigation of material transfer can lead to very useful information in cases where a) a driver left the scene of the accident without identifying himself (‘hit-and-run’) or in cases where it is not known... [ view full abstract ]
Methods and Equipment Used
Microscopy, Infrared Spectrometry, Elemental Analysis [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Jaap Van der Weerd (Netherlands Forensic Institute)
- Karlon Hagendoorn (Netherlands Forensic Institute)
- Linda Alewijnse (Netherlands Forensic Institute)
Topic Area
Open forum
Session
RP » Reconstruction Practice / Praktische Unfallrekonstruktion (09:00 - Saturday, 21st October, Kleine Zaal)
