Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 12-17, March 2010

Forensic science standards in fast-changing environments☆

London School of Economics and Political Science, Open University, UK

Received 18 November 2009; accepted 23 November 2009. published online 14 December 2009.

Abstract 

Regulatory trends in forensic science point strongly to the need for exhaustive testing of all findings and tools. At the same time a number of jurisdictions suggest a judicial test for the admissibility of novel scientific evidence. But in fields such as computers and cellphones, the rate of change is faster than the normal times required for peer-reviewed publication. One route to admitting less-than-perfect findings from forensic science is via a re-evaluation of the role of expert evidence and in particular pre-trial meetings between experts.

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☆ This paper is based on a presentation “Keeping Up: Testing Methodologies in Digital Forensics” presented at 5th Triennial Conference of the European Academy of Forensic Science, Glasgow, 8–11 September 2009.

PII: S1355-0306(09)00178-6

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2009.11.006

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 12-17, March 2010

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