Characterising clothing damage caused by acid attacks

Carlysle-Davies, Felicity and Bandara, Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Gayan Chanaka (2022) Characterising clothing damage caused by acid attacks. In: Scottish International Policing Conference, 2022-05-23 - 2022-05-24.

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Abstract

The use of acids as a weapon has sadly become commonplace in some regions around the world, including within casework in the UK, and prominent cases include that of Katie Piper in 2008. As well as the damage to the body of the person attacked there will also be damage to their clothing, and potentially to the person throwing the corrosive substance This project compared the damage seen in simulated attacks using different acids and different fabrics in order to determine if differences were observed, and provide the foundation for future work.

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Carlysle-Davies, Felicity ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2256-796X and Bandara, Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Gayan Chanaka;
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