Science and Technology - Seventh Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 16 March 2005.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Report
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Background
What is forensic science?
Key organisations
Forensic Science Service
Home Office
Police
Use of forensic science by the criminal justice
system
Intelligence-led policing
DNA Expansion Programme
Forensic services market
3 Changing Status of the FSS
Recent history of the FSS
McFarland Review
Attitudes towards PPP
GovCo
Next steps
Market in forensic services
Regulation of the market
4 National Databases
History
Taking and retention of samples
Custodianship arrangements
New applications
Platform technology
Other national databases
5 Education and Training
Accreditation scheme
Implications for pure science
Training of forensic scientists
Police training
Identification of best practice
Implications of GovCo/PPP
6 Research and Development
Home Office and police R&D
Police Science and Technology Strategy
Funding for R&D
Other sources of funding
EPSRC Think Crime Programme
Exploitation of research
Implications of GovCo/PPP
Intellectual property rights
7 Use of Forensic Evidence in Court
Role of experts
Council for the Registration of Forensic
Practitioners
Presentation of evidence
Training of experts
Adversarial system
Single joint experts
Pre-trial meetings
Services for the defence
Presentation of risk and probability
Presentation of DNA evidence
Communication between scientists and legal
profession
Juries
Scrutiny of expert evidence
Systems failure
Admissibility of expert evidence
Early warning system
Training of judges and lawyers in forensic
evidence
Lawyers
Judges
Specialist judges and lawyers
Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal minutes
Witnesses
Written Memoranda
Reports from the Science and Technology Committee
since 2001
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