Published: 2020-02-04

Pollen and Plant Spores: Underrated Forensic Tools? The Potential Offered by Forensic Palynology

Malwina Lisiecka
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.4.06

Abstract

The article presents the most important issues in forensic palynology, discusses the potential offered by traces of pollen and spores as forensic evidence, and describes the characteristic features which make them perfect but underrated forensic instruments. I present the methods used in palynology and move on to consider the value of palynomorphs as evidence. I also address the question what kind of evidence is provided by the results of a palynological examination. I give an account of the development trends in forensic palynology and court cases in which pollen evidence played a major part.

Keywords:

palynomorphs; analysis; botanical traces; identification, evidence.

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Lisiecka, M. (2020). Pollen and Plant Spores: Underrated Forensic Tools? The Potential Offered by Forensic Palynology. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 19(4), 125–151. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2019.19.4.06

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