Fifty Years of Forensic Science - A Commentary

Preface Introduction SECTION I: THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE 1 (1) - 1960 Criminal aspects of forensic science in Great Britain 4 (2) - 1964 Forensic science or sciences? 4 (4) - 1964 Shriving a science 5 (1) - 1965 A public image 5 (2) - 1965 Don't forget them in Swahililand 6 (2) - 1966 The vacant headquarters 9 (2a) - 1969 Six just men 9 (2b) - 1969 "A forensic scientist?" 13 (3) - 1973 I hold every man a debtor to his profession 14 (2) - 1974 Police perimeters - politics or planning 17 (4) - 1977 Theory and practice 20 (3) - 1980 Forensic Science - a broader basis 21 (1) - 1981 General practice in forensic science 24 (6) - 1984 Does forensic science have a future? 24 (6) - 1985 Does forensic science have a future? 25 (1) - 1985 But is it anything? 25 (1) - 1985 But is it anything? 25 (5) - 1985 Towards expert experts 26 (2) - 1986 Doctrine, Science, Belief, Evidence 26 (4) - 1986 The Forensic Science Society - a way forward? 26 (5) - 1986 All systems go? 27 (2) - 1987 Police productivity 29 (1) - 1989 Professional qualifications - a milestone 30 (5) - 1990 Brave New World 31 (2) - 1991 "Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher" 31 (4) - 1991 Forensic science on the quality track 32 (2) - 1992 But is this being professional? 32 (4) - 1992 Can we help you, sir? 33 (3) - 1993 Is this where the buck stops? 34 (1) - 1994 An expert what? 34 (2) - 1994 Quo vadis? 35 (1) - 1995 Does forensic science give value for money? 35 (3) - 1995 Rensacor 35 (4) - 1995 Lest we forget 36 (3) - 1996 Forensic futurology 36 (4) - 1996 Ambivalence - a problem for forensic science 37 (1) - 1997 Private or public 37 (3) - 1997 Jobs for the boys 38 (1) - 1998 Proactive forensic science 38 (4) - 1998 SOP or CPD, place your bets 39 (1) - 1999 Forensic apartheid? 39 (2) - 1999 Let me through, I'm a ummmm ... 39 (3) - 1999 Something nasty hiding ... 39 (4) - 1999 From Bach to Schoenberg 42 (2) - 2002 A professional body for forensic scientists 45 (1) - 2005 Professionalism - duties and privileges 45 (3) - 2005 Who guards the guards? 45 (4) - 2005 Everything changes and nothing is constant 47 (2) - 2007 Eight years on 47 (2) - 2007 Eight years on - Regulation of Forensic Physicians and the CRFP 47 (3) - 2007 CPD, an effective means of professional development...or is it? 48 (1) - 2008 President of the Forensic Science Society 48 (3) - 2008 The forensic science regulator SECTION II: SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS AND RESEARCH 2 (2) - 1961 The individuality of human bloodstaining 3 (1) - 1962 A breakthrough in forensic science 4 (1) - 1963 Driving over the level 4 (1) - 1963 Science before the fact 5 (4b) - 1964 The price of road safety 6 (1) - 1965 Progress in research 7 (4) - 1966 Demanding scientific evidence 9 (4) - 1968 Computer control 11 (2) - 1971 The defeat of the tail-gater 11 (3) - 1971 The New Zealand approach 14 (1) - 1974 Back to basics 16 (3b) - 1976 An independent witness required 19 (4) - 1979 Publish or perish 22 (2) - 1982 But is it science ... 22 (3) - 1982 Hair today ... 25 (2) - 1985 On body fluid frequencies 26 (1) - 1986 Publish or perish revisited 27 (1) - 1987 Through the looking glass 29 (6) - 1989 The highest order common sense 30 (1) - 1990 Profile of the Nineties 30 (6) - 1990 Official publications 33 (4) - 1993 DNA or Abracadabra 36 (1) - 1996 To research or capitulate? 36 (2) - 1996 Fireproof DNA? 37 (4) - 1997 Where will all the forensic scientists go? 40 (1) - 2000 Wizards and gatekeepers at the roadside? 40 (3) - 2000 The consent of the governed 41 (1) - 2001 The use of material from the dead in forensic science research: is it lawful and is it ethical? 43 (1) - 2003 Hunting truffles 44 (1) - 2004 Reiterative justice? 45 (2) - 2005 Science & Justice - DNA and the courts 47 (4) - 2007 DNA - what's next? 48 (4) - 2008 Do we value research? 49 (1) - 2009 Lessons from the past 49 (2) - 2009 IRMS SECTION III: EVALUATION AND INTERPRETATION OF EVIDENCE 19 (3) - 1979 Away with the fuzz 23 (1) - 1983 Patience 23 (1a) - 1983 Statistics and forensic science - a fruitful partnership 23 (1b) - 1983 The probability of exclusion or likelihood of guilt of an accused: Paternity 23 (1c) - 1983 The probability of non-discrimination or likelihood of guilt of an accused: Criminal Identification 23 (1d) - 1983 What is the probability that this blood came from that person? A meaningful question? 23 (1e) - 1983 A frame of reference or Garbage in, Garbage out 23 (4) - 1983 On circumstantial evidence 26 (3) - 1986 Evaluation of associative physical evidence 26 (3a) - 1987 The use of statistics in forensic science. 26 (3b) - 1987 The use of statistics in forensic science. 28 (3) - 1988 Heads we win 37 (2) - 1997 Does justice require less precision than chemistry? 43 (2) - 2003 Sally Clark - a lesson for us all 44 (2) - 2004 Context-free forensic science 46 (1) - 2006 Lies, damn lies and statistics SECTION IV: EDUCATION IN FORENSIC SCIENCES 2 (1) - 1961 Research and teaching in forensic science 2 (1) - 1961 A preliminary survey of education and research in the forensic sciences in the United Kingdom 9 (1&2) - 1968 Education in forensic science 11 (1) - 1971 What is the future for the study and practice of the forensic sciences in Britain? 16 (2) - 1976 The Greeks had a word for it 44 (4) - 2004 Wither academic forensic science? 48 (2) - 2008 Educating the next generation 48 (4) - 2008 Educating the next generation. 48 (4) - 2008 Educating the next generation. 49 (1) - 2009 Educating the next generation. SECTION V: FORENSIC SCIENCE AND THE LAW 1 (2) - 1960 An expert witness looks at the courts 3 (2) - 1962 The design of law courts 6 (4) - 1965 Bowlers, brollies and bi-focals 8 (1) - 1967 The expert witness 8 (2) - 1967 Two encouraging cases 10 (1) - 1970 Law and order 12 (2) - 1972 There is a time to speak 12 (3) - 1972 Not Pygmalion likely 12 (4) - 1972 Where have all the lawyers gone? 13 (2) - 1973 An honest opinion 15 (3) - 1975 Modern times 16 (3a) - 1976 A camel is a horse... 17 (2&3) - 1977 The four letter swear word 18 (3&4) - 1978 Not for the faint hearted 19 (2) - 1979 Preliminary hearings - just or unjust - justified or unjustified 20 (2) - 1980 The canons of expertise 24 (2) - 1984 Have you heard the one about ... 24 (5) - 1984 Master or servant? 25 (4) - 1985 Don't Panic 27 (4) - 1987 Philosophy and obligations of a state-funded forensic science laboratory 27 (5) - 1987 Answers are easy 29 (2) - 1989 Science and law, a marriage of opposites 34 (3) - 1994 The image of the scientist and the lawyer 38 (2) - 1998 The role of the forensic scientist in an inquisitorial system of justice 40 (2) - 2000 And what of the evidence! 41 (3) - 2001 The boundaries of expert evidence 41 (4) - 2001 Reform of the criminal justice system in England and Wales 42 (3) - 2002 Justice in a goldfish bowl 42 (4) - 2002 Gristle in the sausage... 43 (3) - 2003 Coroners - what next for death investigation in England and Wales? 44 (3) - 2004 The Human Tissue Bill - an opportunity about to be missed? 46 (2) - 2006 All's fair in love and war SECTION VI: FORENSIC MEDICINE 5 (4a) - 1964 The smallest room but one 7 (3) - 1966 Decline and fall 10 (3) - 1970 How much specialisation in pathology can we afford? 12 (1) - 1972 "The six-and-a-half-year itch" 13 (4) - 1973 For action this day 14 (4) - 1974 Chair legs wanted 15 (2) - 1975 That muddy field 16 (1) - 1976 A national medico-legal service for Scotland 19 (1) - 1979 Sudden death of British nationals abroad - problem for pathologists, coroners and relatives 41 (2) - 2001 "Best value" in forensic pathology 42 (1) - 2002 Herding cats SECTION VII: AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE 9 (3) - 1968 Another Academy 15 (4) - 1975 International co-operation in forensic science 17 (1) - 1977 Crime in the cornfields 23 (2) - 1983 Reaching out 24 (1) - 1984 1984 and all that 27 (3) - 1987 Forensic science and the justice system in the late Twentieth Century 29 (4) - 1989 Echoes of Empire 30 (2) - 1990 A matter of choice 30 (4) - 1990 They threatened its life with a railway share 38 (3) - 1998 International forensic science 40 (4) - 2000 Courts, politicians and constitutions 46 (3) - 2006 It's a big World out there Index