Dr Louise Steding has taught forensics, criminology, and policing for the past 10 years and has been a practicing archaeologist for over 30 years. She was a lecturer in Policing Studies at the Police Academy in NSW with Charles Sturt University (Goulburn), and taught forensic psychology, criminology, forensics and policing at Swinburne University of Technology (SOL), where she was awarded an adjunct professorship (Hawthorn, Victoria). Louise continues to advise police and families as a forensic specialist who combines criminology and forensic archaeology in search and recovery methods. Her work involves landscape modification recognition, interview content analysis, use of ground penetrating radar, excavation method selection and human bone recognition. She is also the author of seven books on cold cases and forensics.