ReviewForensic science international. Synergy2023
The use of mantrailing dogs in police and judicial context, future directions, limits and possibilities - A law review.
Review in Forensic science international. Synergy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Interpol review of forensic science management, 2022-2025.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2026Review
- Investigation of the Impact of Extraneous Odours on the Detection Capability of Explosive Detection Dogs Under a Controlled Test Environment.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- The Role of Olfaction in Dogs: Evolution, Biology, and Human-Oriented Work.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Volabolomic Fingerprinting for Post-Mortem Interval Estimation: A Novel Physiological Approach.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- The use of mantrailing dogs in police and judicial context, future directions, limits and possibilities - A law review.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2023Review
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Abstract
The extraordinary capabilities of the canine nose are increasingly being used by law enforcement agencies in many countries to solve and reconstruct crimes. As a result, this type of forensic evidence can be and is still being challenged in the courts. So far, only a few publications have addressed the jurisprudence concerning mantrailing. We provide an overview of the jurisprudence in Germany and the USA, as well as insights from France. Relevant databases were searched, and 201 verdicts from Germany and 801 verdicts from the USA were analyzed. As a result, 16 published verdicts on the topic of mantrailing were found for Germany, and 44 verdicts since 2010 were found for the USA. The use of mantrailers and human scent discrimination dogs is employed in the investigative process in all three countries. The results derived from these methods are admissible as evidence in court, albeit not as sole evidence.
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