Ground Proof Forensic Institute

Spend enough time in certain corners of the internet and a pattern begins to emerge. Initially, it appears to be about self-improvement: gym routines, skincare tips, grooming tutorials. However, the deeper you delve, the more unsettling it becomes. Faces are analysed with exact measurements. Jawlines and clavicles are scrutinised. People are filmed in public and given ratings. Comment sections are filled with cryptic language, Chad, Becky, mog, SMV, sub-5, hardmaxx, terms that require...

Adapted from: Barracosa, S., & Cherney, A. (2025). An integrated model for youth radicalisation: examining the impact of life-course and situational factors . Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression . Taylor & Francis. When a young person becomes radicalised, the question we tend to ask is, what ideology captured them? This inquiry often leads to a narrow examination of the beliefs or doctrines that may have influenced their shift in perspective. However, a more revealing...

Adapted from: Ferguson, C., & Brooks, N. (2024). “A scoping review of strangulation and hanging: Determining suicide from concealed homicide in equivocal death cases.” The examination of deaths believed to be from ligatures around the neck presents many investigative challenges. Initial assessments may lead to the seemingly straightforward conclusion of suicide, particularly in controlled environments devoid of indications of forced entry. Nevertheless, as research has demonstrated, such...