Quote from you: The truth of course is that the vast majority of scientific endeavors in any field of study do not have known "error rates," because, as...
Brit - I am totally bewildered as to why you cannot find anything on the subject. There are so many books that have been written. I would strongly suggest...
Joel <jkewl1@...> wrote: Is it possible that a shotgun blast to the head would not leave an exit wound or blood splatter?The man bending over and placing...
Dear Colleagues, The Human Identification E-Symposium™ is a groundbreaking Web Conference which was broadcast live over the Internet in April 2005. If you...
Thanks!, That is exactly the type of information that I'm looking for! Do you remember if this was in your standard operating proceedures or not? If they...
Brit, This project of yours is tickling my curiousity... ACK! too bad it's hell's week (finals)... I'll try and find you some infor, okay? Good luck! Liah Send...
Hello Brianna I want to thank you for your response to my inquiry. The link you provided has helped a great deal. Have a great day! Michelle ... doesn't work...
just joined the group, thought i'd say hi! am starting a BSc forensic science next year so thought i'd look around and get an idea of what real forensics...
I started to take the MS at National University in San Diego. This was back in1997 - 98 and since then they have changed the program. The instructors for the...
I would not recommend the MS at National University. Although I have met some excellent students from this school, I would say that National is not very good...
Bravo to Adam for distinguishing between a literature review and actual scientific research. I think this distinction is often blurred at the Master's degree...
Has anyone reviewed or read the book " Underwater Forensics Research/Commercial Scientific Diving" ? I sure would like some feedback if at all possible !! I...
Gents; I've been out of town working on a case since Thursday but am now back. I've read the emails that have passed in my absence with interest, and with some...
Employee Safety is a very broad term. It includes such items as helmets, goggles, and other protective gear. Grace Industries, Inc., is a Fredonia, PA...
The EMS I work for is a small volunteer group. However I checked with a freind in a larger department they have a similar policy the concept is part of the...
Brent, In the article you attached to your previous email there is this statement: "In other labs, failure of any proficiency exam would cause near-panic. At ...
Erika; This does not give credence to your position that it is only a "minority of inept, untrained, possibly dishonest analysts that are spoiling the entire ...
Brent, The article (the section I quoted and others) cites several other ballistic sections SOP/proficiency requirements. The article implies that in other ...
Erika; I do not agree with your reasoning that "Since only one lab is cited in the article as being 'bad' while several others are cited as 'good,' it follows ...
Erika; Add Marion County Crime lab to the mess - they've made being a forensic technician a week long course. With disastrous results. Forensic science is a...
By systemic, do you mean several analysts within the same lab? Is there any way of determining the actual 'good' vs. 'bad' analysts within each system? Is...
Brent, Is this an analyst problem? I don't know that the problem was caused by the short training of the civilians. It seems to me as though it was a method ...
Erika; The problem is that, errors or none, those in charge of the "civilian employees in the police department" gave them a week of training field tests and...
Casework is a commodity here - much more demand (from us) than supply (from our agencies)! :-) Have a blast! Erika M Jones Forensic Biologist II -- Western...
Of course. I just got back from a five days of on site casework (visiting scenes/ viewing evidence/ meetings). Now I'm reading and examining and researching...
Now that is great !!!!!!!!!....*smiles* ... From: forensic-science@yahoogroups.com Date: 10/06/05 15:11:28 To: forensic-science@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
