Results 1 to 10 of about 43,471 (117)
Forensic Science Regulator: The Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021. [PDF]
Med Leg J, 2022 Deficiencies in performance in forensic science have led to the need for a statutory regulator with powers over standards and performance, investigation, compliance and enforcement.
Samuels A.
europepmc +3 more sources
Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 2019 Abstract The mainstream sciences are experiencing a revolution of methodology. This revolution was inspired, in part, by the realization that a surprising number of findings in the bioscientific literature could not be replicated or reproduced by independent laboratories.
Jason Chin +2 more
openaire +7 more sources
Forensic Science or Forensic Sciences? Conceptual analysis
, 2023 Science and justice need to interact to solve different situations. This interaction, however, needs to occur efficiently to avoid generating even more doubts. Scientific evaluation in the legal context must be understood and achieve its purpose. For this, much has been discussed about the nature and purpose of forensic scientific assessment.
Rodrigues, Caio Henrique Pinke +6 more
openaire +2 more sources
Forensic science in the dock [PDF]
BMJ, 2004 Postmortem measurements of drug concentration in blood have little meaning I nvestigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly have led to the exchange of acrimonious views including allegations of conspiracy and murder. David Kelly, a government scientist and weapons expert, committed suicide by cutting his wrist and taking ...
Olaf, Drummer +3 more
openaire +2 more sources
Thinking forensics: Cognitive science for forensic practitioners [PDF]
Science & Justice, 2017 Human factors and their implications for forensic science have attracted increasing levels of interest across criminal justice communities in recent years. Initial interest centred on cognitive biases, but has since expanded such that knowledge from psychology and cognitive science is slowly infiltrating forensic practices more broadly.
Edmond, G +11 more
openaire +4 more sources
From Forensics to Forensic Science [PDF]
Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2012 The dominant conception of forensic science as a patchwork of disciplines primarily assisting the criminal justice system (defined as ‘forensics’ in this article) is in crisis, or at least shows a ...
Roux, Claude +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Introduction to Forensic Science [PDF]
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 2012 1. Donald C. Lehman, EdD, MT(ASCP), SM(NRM)[⇑][1] 1. University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 1. Address for Correspondence: Donald C. Lehman, EdD, MT(ASCP), SM(NRM), Department of Med-ical Technology. University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (302) 831-8432, dlehman{at}udel.edu 1. Discuss the role of forensic scientists. 2.
openaire +2 more sources
Measuring Uncertainty in Forensic Science
IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, 2021 This paper aims at describing the ways in which uncertainty is (or is not) measured in the field of forensic science and how the measure of uncertainty can be used to make better judicial decisions. From the traditional fingerprint comparison to the latest advances in forensic DNA analysis, we discuss the advantages and drawbacks of various ways of ...
Vuille, Joelle, Taroni, Franco
openaire +2 more sources
Forensic Science: Oxymoron? [PDF]
Science, 2003 I n detective novels and television series, criminals often get caught because they leave fingerprints at the scene. Well, art does imitate life; fingerprint analysis is widely used in U.S. courts and those of many other countries. But last year a funny thing happened to fingerprint evidence on the way to a conviction. Applying the standard set for the
openaire +2 more sources
A call for more science in forensic science [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 Forensic science is critical to the administration of justice. The discipline of forensic science is remarkably complex and includes methodologies ranging from DNA analysis to chemical composition to pattern recognition. Many forensic practices developed under the auspices of law enforcement and were vetted primarily by the legal system rather than ...
Suzanne Bell +5 more
openaire +2 more sources