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22 Jan 2017, 4:13 pm
A few odds and ends which merit Grits readers' attention:The Texas Senate zeroed out the budget for the Forensic Science Commission, despite that agency having been charged with licensing all forensic technicians by 2019. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:56 am
There are also sharp distinctions between forensic practitioners who have been trained in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and medicine (and who bring these disciplines to bear in their work) and technicians who lend support to forensic science enterprises. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:56 am
There are also sharp distinctions between forensic practitioners who have been trained in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and medicine (and who bring these disciplines to bear in their work) and technicians who lend support to forensic science enterprises. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 7:49 am
For instance, their top finding was that "Of the 32 instances of forensic science malpractice shown above, only 1 was found to have occurred in an accredited laboratory. [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 7:40 am
As the NAS Report revealed, forensic analyses "are often handled by poorly trained technicians who then exaggerate the accuracy of their methods in court." [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 1:26 pm
" The article is one of the first published in the MSM in Texas to fully explore the implications of conclusions published earlier this year by the National Academies of Science (NAS) that many common forensic techniques had no scientific basis and their validity had never been tested - particularly comparative disciplines where individual technicians seek to match patterns in everything from fingerprints to tire tracks to ballistics to bite marks. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 11:48 pm
Paul’s forensics unit since 2001, acknowledged in testimony that the unaccredited lab fails to abide by numerous procedures that are considered basic for sound science. [read post]
7 Oct 2013, 5:00 pm
Mistakes by a single forensic technician has the potential to impact hundreds if not thousands of cases. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 4:49 am
Last week at the Forensic Science Commission's "roundtable," a common lament was that there exists no state-level source of training and continuing education funds for forensic scientists and technicians comparable to those for prosecutors, defense lawyers and judges. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 12:38 am
The report says such analyses are often handled by poorly trained technicians who then exaggerate the accuracy of their methods in court. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 9:10 am
While most local law enforcement agencies require crime lab technicians such as forensic scientists, there is a heightened demand for higher-level governmental jobs, although these come with stiff competition. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 1:28 pm
Forensic science is thus a great comfort to those who have been affected by the crime and a valuable tool for the criminal law and justice departments in fighting crime and bringing it to book. ------------------------------------------------ *This article is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of forensic science technician schools at her blog Forensic Scientist Blog. [read post]
16 Sep 2009, 7:46 am
"Just how scientific is forensic science? [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 7:52 am
Many of the forensic analysis techniques used to secure convictions in the 1980s and 1990s have been debunked as ‘junk science. [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 7:52 am
Many of the forensic analysis techniques used to secure convictions in the 1980s and 1990s have been debunked as ‘junk science. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 3:00 am
Problems with forensics at the FBI crime lab continue, 25 years after a whistleblower flagged the agency for sloppy science, according to a story from independent news source ProPublica. [read post]
12 Jan 2025, 12:49 pm
Forensic identification science begins with comparing a questioned item of evidence to a sample of a known source to determine if they match. [read post]
15 Jul 2012, 5:15 am
Meanwhile, basic research into new forensic science tools and techniques might fall under the guise of a proposed National Forensic Science Coordinating Office, housed at the National Science Foundation (NSF).Over the next five years, the bill would provide $200 million in grants for forensic science research, and $100 million for the development of forensic science standards.Democrat Sen. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 7:27 am
Forensic sciences taken down a pegNews first broken on this blog that DNA mixture evidence involved subjective interpretation by technicians using non-standard methodologies and often dubious probability calculations has completed the circle begun with the publication of the 2009 National Academy of Sciences report, "Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 4:18 pm
A Connecticut professor is setting up a national databank that will allow law enforcement to track marijuana DNA.The Clark County coroner's office utilizes a team of forensic odontologists to identify victims through forensic dentistry and analyze bite marks, a forensic technique that was questioned by a recent National Academy of Sciences report. [read post]
