Keywords
Crime scene investigation
Criminal analysis
Criminalistic
False identity documents
Forensic imaging
Forensic sciences
Intelligence
Scientific police
Scientific distinctions and prizes
Special mention from the jury of the 2019-2021 Denis-Szabo Prize of the journal Criminologie 2021
Awarded for the article Baechler S., Morelato M., Margot P., Roux C., Ribaux O. Un modèle continu, non linéaire et collaboratif de l'enquête. Criminologie, 2020, 53(2), 43-76.
The jury, made up of professors Amélie Couvrette (Université du Québec en Outaouais), Maurice Cusson (Université de Montréal) and Amélie Maugère (president of the jury, Université de Montréal), agrees that the reported case analysis is particularly fruitful for the practitioners community and that it is based on a remarkable epistemological foundation, promising well beyond the field of study of criminal investigation.
Recipient : Simon Baechler, Marie Morelato, Pierre Margot, Claude Roux, Olivier Ribaux
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Award 2015
Awarded for the excellence of the PhD thesis entitled "Des faux documents d'identité au renseignement forensique : développement d'une approche systématique et transversale du traitement de la donnée forensique à des fins de renseignement criminel" (2015).
"From false identity documents to forensic intelligence: Development of a systematic and transversal approach to process forensic data in support of crime intelligence" (2015).
Recipient : Simon Baechler
NIFS Best Paper Award 2014
"Highly Commended in the Best Paper in a Refereed Journal" awarded by the Australian and New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency, National Institute of Forensic Science (ANZPAA NIFS) for the article : Morelato M., Baechler S., Ribaux O., Beavis A., Tahtouh M., Kirkbride P., Roux C., Margot P. Forensic intelligence framework. Part I: Induction of a transversal model by comparing illicit drugs and false identity documents monitoring. Forensic Science International, 2014, 236, 181-190.
Recipient : Marie Morelato, Simon Baechler, Olivier Ribaux, Alison Beavis, Mark Tahtouh, Paul Kirkbride, Claude Roux, Pierre Margot
Best Oral Presentation 2014 : Document Examination 2014
Awarded for the oral presentation "The systematic processing of forensic science data to provide crime intelligence: the example of false identity documents", 22nd Symposium of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS), 31 August-5 September, Adelaide (Australie).
Recipient : Simon Baechler
2nd place in the "Student research paper competition" of the journal Forensic Science Policy and Management 2012
Awarded for the article "Toward a novel forensic intelligence model: systematic profiling of false identity documents".
Recipient : Simon Baechler
Olivier Ribaux
Pierre Margot
EDEWG-ENFSI young scientist financial grant 2010
1000 Euros financial grant awarded by the Steering Committee of the European Document Experts Working Group (EDEWG) of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) to present the research work conducted by a young scientist at an EDEWG conference.
Awarded for the presentation of the doctoral project at the 6th EDEWG Conference in Dubrovnik, 21 to 24/09/2010.
Recipient : Simon Baechler