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Forensic Odorology
Kosová, Lenka ; Dvořák, Marek (advisor) ; Šelleng, Dalibor (referee)
Forensic odorology Abstract The topic of this thesis is forensic odorology. Attention is paid mainly to the method of olfactory identification, which uses the olfactory abilities of service dogs. This method allows to achieve individual identification of a person and therefore it is currently the only method of odour identification used by law enforcement authorities in criminal investigations and is also recognised as a means of evidence in criminal proceedings. The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the method of odour identification, both from a criminalistic and criminal law perspective. The thesis has two sub-objectives. The first sub-objective is to describe, analyse and critically evaluate the procedures used in the securing of scent traces, in the taking of an odour sample of a person and in the comparison. The second sub-objective is an analysis of the legal regulation of the method of odour identification as a means of evidence in criminal proceedings, a critical evaluation of this legal regulation and also an analysis of the court case law concerning the method of odour identification. The research methods used in this thesis are mainly description and analysis. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first part deals with the concept of forensic odorology, its classification within...
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Forensic olfactorics and its future
Hladíková, Dominika ; Dvořák, Marek (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
1 ABSTRACT Forensic olfactorics and its future Forensic olfactorics is one of the methods of criminal odourology. Olfactorics uses the sense of smell of a specially trained dog to examine and identify odours. The most important type of dog scent work is the individual identification method. This method arose from the development of service cynology and has undergone considerable development over the years. There are extensive scientific studies dealing with the function of the dog's sense of smell, which show that there is as of yet no other device so developed that is capable of identifying and comparing human scent. The thesis also discusses the training of service dogs for scent work as well as the process of olfactory comparison, from locating scent traces, to securing them, to the actual comparison of two scent conserves. The legal framework for the use of olfactory comparison as part of evidence in criminal proceedings is also presented. In spite of the above, opinions persist within the judicial practice, especially that of the Czech Constitutional Court, that the evidence provided by the scent analysis is only supporting evidence and cannot be the main evidence. The thesis seeks to identify possible reasons for these opinions as well as to outline possible solutions that could enable the method of...
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