2015
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0260
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The end of the (forensic science) world as we know it? The example of trace evidence

Abstract: The dominant conception of forensic science as a patchwork of disciplines primarily assisting the criminal justice system (i.e. forensics) is in crisis or at least shows a series of anomalies and serious limitations. In recent years, symptoms of the crisis have been discussed in a number of reports by various commentators, without a doubt epitomized by the 2009 report by the US National Academies of Sciences (NAS 2009 Strengthening forensic science in the United States: a path forward). Although needed, but vi… Show more

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“…The problem is also illustrated by the tremendous difficulties encountered by trace evidence departments: the value of the information conveyed is largely underestimated in current models (Roux et al 2015;Stoney and Stoney 2015). This paper discusses and illustrates these tensions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…The problem is also illustrated by the tremendous difficulties encountered by trace evidence departments: the value of the information conveyed is largely underestimated in current models (Roux et al 2015;Stoney and Stoney 2015). This paper discusses and illustrates these tensions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Étant parmi les premiers intervenants de la chaîne, les techniciens en scènes de crime possèdent un pouvoir discrétionnaire important sur les stratégies de recherche et de collecte de traces, leur conférant ainsi une responsabilité accrue. De plus, la scène de crime étant de nature éphémère, la qualité de l'intervention sur la scène de crime est déterminante pour l'ensemble des informations qui seront ensuite disponibles à des fins d'enquête et de renseignement (Crispino, 2008 ;Ribaux et al, 2010 ;Ribaux, Walsh et Margot, 2006 ;Roux et al, 2015).…”
Section: La Profession De Technicien En Scène De Crimeunclassified
“…Toutefois, si en Amérique du Nord, deux rapports américains et un rapport canadien dénoncent la culture d'isolement des différentes disciplines qui composent la criminalistique et appellent à un investissement académique en appui de la pratique, ils tendent à renforcer une conception de la criminalistique axée sur les analyses en laboratoire et la présentation de preuves au tribunal (Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community, 2009 ;Pollanen, Bowes, VanLaerhoven et Wallace, 2012 ;Roux, Crispino et Ribaux, 2012 ;Roux et al, 2015 ; The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2016). De manière similaire, Raymond et Julian (2015) soulignent qu'il n'existerait toujours pas une « culture du renseignement » au sein de la communauté policière qui permettrait une extension du potentiel des traces matérielles à l'action de sécurité dans le milieu de la pratique.…”
Section: La Profession De Technicien En Scène De Crimeunclassified
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“…Although the intent was sound, this approach reinforced the silo culture in forensic science, by restricting forensic inputs to well‐established identification techniques. However, it did provide an improved but still disparate academic involvement (Canter, ; Fleming, ; Fyfe & Wilson, ; Guillaume, Sidebottom, & Tilley, ; Kelty & Julian, ; Paterson, ; Rojek, Alpert, & Smith, ; Ross, ; Roux, Talbot‐Wright, Robertson, Crispino, & Ribaux, ; Steinheider, Wuestewald, Boyatzis, & Kroutter, ). The current situation could fall short of satisfying both the scientific and legal communities, without a better understanding of science and its forensic offspring (Crispino, Ribaux, Houck, & Margot, ; De Forest, ; Evett, ; Judge Edwards, ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%