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Forensic Science: Why No Research?, Paul C. Giannelli
Forensic Science: Why No Research?, Paul C. Giannelli
Faculty Publications
The National Academy of Sciences ground-breaking report on forensic science – Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward – raised numerous issues. One dominant theme that runs throughout the Report is the failure of some forensic science disciplines to comport with fundamental scientific principles – in particular, to support claims with empirical research. The Report observed that “some forensic science disciplines are supported by little rigorous systematic research to validate the discipline’s basic premises and techniques. There is no evident reason why such research cannot be conducted.”
The Report went on to identify fingerprint examinations, firearms (ballistics) …
Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis: A Retrospective, Paul C. Giannelli
Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis: A Retrospective, Paul C. Giannelli
Faculty Publications
For over thirty years, FBI experts testified about comparative bullet lead analysis (CBLA), a technique that was first used in the investigation into President Kennedy’s assassination. CBLA compares trace chemicals found in bullets at crime scenes with ammunition found in the possession of a suspect. This technique was used by the FBI when firearms (“ballistics”) identification could not be employed – for example, if the weapon was not recovered or the bullet was too mutilated to compare striations. Although the FBI eventually ceased using CBLA, the Bureau’s conduct in first employing the technique and then defending it after it was …
Agenda: Water Negotiation Workshop, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Agenda: Water Negotiation Workshop, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Water Negotiation Workshop (June 4-5)
"Sponsored by: The Natural Resources law Center of the University of Colorado Law School; Funding provided by: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation."
"Facilitators: Lucy Moore and Steve Snyder."
"June 4 and 5, 2003, Community House, Chautauqua Park, Boulder, Colorado."
Contents:
Agenda -- Roster of workshop participants -- Biographies of workshop participants -- Maps of Klamath basin -- Key water-related events in the upper Klamath basin -- Federal-state decisionmaking on water : applying lessons learned / David J. Hayes -- Turbulence in the Klamath River basin / Sharon Levy
The Ethical Aspects Of Biodiversity Protection: Duties To Human Beings And Duties To Other Species, Dale Jamieson
The Ethical Aspects Of Biodiversity Protection: Duties To Human Beings And Duties To Other Species, Dale Jamieson
Biodiversity Protection: Implementation and Reform of the Endangered Species Act (Summer Conference, June 9-12)
11 pages.
Contains 2 pages of references.