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Showing papers in "Science & Justice in 2008"


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TL;DR: Stable isotope data are presented here from a case where for the first time stable isotope based intelligence aided victim identification by DNA analysis and subsequent apprehension of the perpetrators thus demonstrating that it is possible in principal for stable isotopes data of present-day people to be useful for human provenancing.

126 citations


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TL;DR: Five forensic fibre cases in which Raman spectroscopy proved to be a good complementary method for microspectrophotometry (MSP) are described, which can be applied in routine fibre analysis following optical microscopy and MSP measurements.

75 citations


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TL;DR: It can be argued that the management of the crime scene should be integrated into the scientific way of thinking rather than remain as a technical discipline as recently suggested by Harrison.

65 citations


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TL;DR: A Monte Carlo Markov Chain method for resolving DNA mixtures containing at most four peaks per locus into a major and a minor contributor is presented and can provide posterior probability assessments of the most probable genotype and a likely range for the mixing proportion.

53 citations


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TL;DR: A section on education in forensic science in which higher education providers were heavily criticised for their “seeming” exploitation of the interest amongst young people in forensic practice by engaging in the proliferation of forensic science courses.

44 citations


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TL;DR: The effectiveness of searching DNA databases for relatives of a profile of interest is examined by simulation and real experiments and is found to be remarkably successful at locating parents, children or siblings in a considerable list of profiles.

42 citations


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TL;DR: Investigations into the ability of speaker verification technology to discriminate between identical twins show that through the use of unconstrained cohort normalisation as a complementary means for the exploitation of such voice characteristics, the verification reliability can be considerably enhanced for both identical twins and unrelated speakers.

40 citations


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TL;DR: It is suggested that the court and scientific requirements for standards of reliability are not yet fulfilled by actual ink dating methods for regulatory use in expert testimony.

39 citations


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TL;DR: A number of SPR based on zinc carbonate have been developed in combination with various fluorescent dyes to develop latent fingerprints on a number of non-porous surfaces and the quality of the developed fingerprints have been evaluated and found to be reproducible.

29 citations


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27 citations


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TL;DR: Dorsal guard hairs of four species of bear found in India were characterized using light microscopy by studying features including colour, hair thickness, cuticle pattern, Medulla pattern, medullary index, cross-section and scale count index.

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that there are no significant health and safety concerns with the preparation of luminol solution and its application at the crime scene or in the laboratory, providing suitable precautions are taken.

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Ruth M. Morgan, M. Little1, A. Gibson1, L. Hicks1, S. Dunkerley1, P.A. Bull1 
TL;DR: Results confirm the use of surface texture analysis of quartz grains recovered from the remains of cars subjected to fire and their use as a forensic indicator.

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TL;DR: Stable hydrogen isotope ratios in the primary feathers of two subspecies of goldfinches confiscated by the Police and the RSPCA are measured and believe that this technique could be used by law enforcement agencies to determine the origin of birds in cases where the species or subspecies involved are geographically distinct.

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TL;DR: Results have shown that detection with Swedish blackpowder is the most suitable procedure as the percentage finger marks, which were of adequate quality for further examination, was higher than with any other technique examined.

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TL;DR: The spectrofluorometric method is rapid, selective, sensitive and accurate for the determination of europium in blue ballpoint pen ink and offset printing inks and may be suitable for application in the examination of sensitive documents to aid in document related crime investigation.

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TL;DR: Writing made with the Frixion rollerball pen by Pilot can be made colourless using the eraser incorporated in each pen because the heat generated by the friction between eraser and paper decolourises the ink.

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TL;DR: There are several changes in previously identified class characteristics, such as script type and angularity of characters, between the 1st generation and 2nd generation Punjabi populations.

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TL;DR: To determine whether a 15 min observation period was necessary when performing evidential breath tests in the field, a mouth alcohol experiment was performed using the Dräger Evidential Portable Alcohol System (EPAS).

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TL;DR: This study details an evaluation of victim identity in Darfur, based on field research and literature review, which concludes that Darfurians are defined by subsistence strategy and economic groups are not protected under genocide law.


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TL;DR: An experimental design comparing different instruments measuring replicate breath samples from several subjects to help quantify the influence of and optimize breath sampling parameters that will reduce total measurement variability and enhance overall forensic confidence is presented.


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TL;DR: The second FIRMS conference, FIRMS 2005, was held at the Thistle Hotel, Brands Hatch, Kent on the 9th and 10th March 2005 and aimed to bring together IRMS researchers, end users and instrument manufacturers.

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TL;DR: It is suggested that "blinding" and attention to appropriateness of other experimental conditions that would consolidate the foundations of the profession of firearm and toolmark examination.


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TL;DR: Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) tail covert feathers were studied to investigate the difference between shed and plucked feathers in the context of wildlife offence cases involving the killing of the Indian national bird for the purpose of plucking feathers.