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1 LG3105 : Forensic Science and the Legal Process ( ) View Online Lecturer: Professor Jennifer Temkin 2014 Kalisher Lecture on the future of forensic science in criminal trials by the Lord Chief Justice (no date). Available at: A Rights-Based Analysis of DNA Retention: Non-Conviction Databases and the Liberal State (no date) Criminal law review, (12). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=a+rights-based+analysis+of+dna+retention %3A+%22Non-Conviction%22+Databases+and+the+Liberal+State&rft.jtitle=CRIMINAL+L AW+REVIEW&rft.au=Campbell%2C+L&rft.date= &rft.pub=SWEET+MAXWELL+ LTD&rft.issn= X&rft.issue=12&rft.spage=889&rft.epage=905&rft.externalDBID=n %2Fa&rft.externalDocID= &paramdict=en-US. Access to Justice - Final Report (Dept. of Constitutional Affairs) Lord Woolf (no date). Available at: Attorney General s statement on Shaken Baby Syndrome SBS for 14 Feb 2006 ( ) (no date). Available at: #column_1079. Batt, J. (2004) Stolen innocence: a mother s fight for justice : the story of Sally Clark. London: Ebury. Biometrics Commissioner annual report 2013 to 2014 Print (no date). Available at: metricsannualreport201314print.pdf. Certainty, individualisation and the subjective nature of expert fingerprint evidence (no date) Criminal law review, (11). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=certainty%2c+individualisation+and+the+sub jective+nature+of+expert+fingerprint+evidence&rft.jtitle=criminal+law+review&rft.au =Cole%2C+Simon+A&rft.au=Roberts%2C+Andrew&rft.date=2012&rft.issn= X&r ft.issue=11&rft.spage=824&rft.epage=849&rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-US. 1/8

2 Choo, A. L.-T. (2015a) Evidence. Fourth edition. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Choo, A. L.-T. (2015b) Evidence. Fourth edition. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Closing the Credibility Gap: The Prosecutorial Use of Expert Witness Testimony in Sexual Assault Cases (no date) The international journal of evidence & proof, 9(4). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=closing+the+credibility+gap%3a+the+prose cutorial+use+of+expert+witness+testimony+in+sexual+assault+cases&rft.jtitle=the+i nternational+journal+of+evidence+%26+proof&rft.au=ellison%2c+louise&rft.date= &rft.pub=SAGE+Publications&rft.issn= &rft.eissn= &rft.volum e=9&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=239&rft.epage=268&rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldo cid= %2fijep &paramdict=en-us. Convicted by flawed science.(evidence in child abuse case of Sally Clark) (no date) New law journal, 152(7044). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=convicted+by+flawed+science.%28evidence+ in+child+abuse+case+of+sally+clark%29&rft.jtitle=new+law+journal&rft.au=mahendra %2C+B&rft.date= &rft.pub=Butterworths+%26+Company+%28Publishers%29 +Ltd.+%28UK%29&rft.issn= &rft.volume=152&rft.issue=7044&rft.spage=1225 &rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-us. Convicting Rapists and Protecting Victims - Justice for Victims of Rape - Consultation Paper (no date). Available at: /documents/cons justice-rape-victims?view=binary. Convicting Rapists and Protecting Victims- Response to rape consultation.november 2007 (no date). Available at: ownloads/application/pdf/response%20to%20rape%20consultation.pdf. Correcting miscarriages of justice: the role of the Criminal Case Review Commission (no date) Alberta law review, 38(2). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=correcting+miscarriages+of+justice%3a+the +role+of+the+criminal+case+review+commission&rft.jtitle=alberta+law+review&rft.a u=leigh%2c+l.h&rft.date= &rft.pub=alberta+law+review&rft.issn= &rft.volume=38&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=365&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID = &paramdict=en-US. Correcting miscarriages of justice: the role of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.(Wrongful Convictions Symposium)(United Kingdom) (no date) Drake law review, 52(4). Available at: 2/8

3 ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=correcting+miscarriages+of+justice%3a+the +role+of+the+criminal+cases+review+commission.%28wrongful+convictions+sympos ium%29%28united+kingdom%29&rft.jtitle=drake+law+review&rft.au=kyle%2c+david &rft.date=2004&rft.pub=drake+university&rft.issn= &rft.volume=52&rft.issue =4&rft.spage=657&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID= &paramdict= en-us. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary 2014 Kalisher Lecture on the future of forensic science in criminal trials by the Lord Chief Justice (no date a). Available at: -science-in-criminal-trials-by-the-lord-chief-justice/. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary 2014 Kalisher Lecture on the future of forensic science in criminal trials by the Lord Chief Justice (no date b). Available at: -science-in-criminal-trials-by-the-lord-chief-justice/. CPS: Low Copy Number DNA analysis (LCN) - Prosecutors checklist of questions (no date). Available at: Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) (no date). Available at: Draft guidance: Cognitive bias effects relevant to forensic science examinations (no date). Available at: _FSR_Cognitive_bias_draft.pdf. Drawing on expertise: Legal decision-making and the reception of expert evidence (no date) Criminal law review, (6). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=drawing+on+expertise%3a+legal+decision-m aking+and+the+reception+of+expert+evidence&rft.jtitle=criminal+law+review&rft.a u=roberts%2c+a&rft.date= &rft.pub=sweet+maxwell+ltd&rft.issn= x&rft.issue=6&rft.spage=443&rft.epage=462&rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externald ocid= &paramdict=en-us. Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings in England and Wales (no date). Available at: 9.pdf. Expert evidence the future of forensic science in criminal trials (no date). Available at: -oct-14.pdf. Experts lose immunity (no date) New law journal. Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=experts+lose+immunity&rft.au=murray%2c+l en&rft.date=2006&rft.issn= &rft.externaldbid=afpd&rft.externaldocid=mmuni ty_34385_afpd&paramdict=en-us. 3/8

4 Facing up to miscarriages of justice (no date) Manitoba law journal (1966), 31(3). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=facing+up+to+miscarriages+of+justice&rft.jti tle=manitoba+law+journal&rft.au=zellick%2c+graham&rft.date=2006&rft.pub=manitob a+law+journal+faculty+committee&rft.issn= &rft.volume=31&rft.issue=3&rft. spage=555&rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-us. Forensic science evidence in question (no date) Criminal law review, (5). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=forensic+science+evidence+in+question&rft.j title=criminal+law+review&rft.au=redmayne%2c+mike&rft.au=roberts%2c+paul&rft.a u=aitken%2c+colin&rft.au=jackson%2c+graham&rft.date= &rft.pub=sweet+ %26+Maxwell+Ltd.+%28UK%29&rft.issn= X&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=347&rft.exte rnaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-us. Forensic Science Regulator - GOV.UK (no date). Available at: GeneWatch UK - Protection of Freedoms Bill (no date). Available at: Gudjonsson, G. (2003) The psychology of interrogations and confessions: a handbook. Chichester: Wiley. Gudjonsson, G. H. (no date) The psychology of interrogations and confessions: a handbook. Chichester, West Sussex, England: Wiley. Available at: House of Commons - Science and Technology - Seventh Report (no date a). Available at: House of Commons - Science and Technology - Seventh Report (no date b). Available at: House of Commons, Select Committee on Science and Technology, Seventh Report Forensic Science on Trial (no date). Available at: Identification from CCTV: the risk of injustice (no date) Criminal law review. Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=identification+from+cctv%3a+the+risk+of+i njustice&rft.jtitle=criminal+law+review&rft.au=costigan%2c+r&rft.date= &rft.pub=sweet+maxwell+ltd&rft.issn= x&rft.spage=591&rft.epage=608&rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-us. Introna, Lucas (no date) Picturing algorithmic surveillance: the politics of facial recognition systems, Surveillance and society, 2(2-3). Available at: 4/8

5 Jackson, A. R. W. (2017a) Forensic Science edn. Pearson Education Limited. Available at: Jackson, A. R. W. (2017b) Forensic Science edn. Pearson Education Limited. Available at: Jackson, A. R. W. (2017c) Forensic Science edn. Pearson Education Limited. Available at: Jackson, A. R. W. (2017d) Forensic Science edn. Pearson Education Limited. Available at: Jackson, A. R. W. and Jackson, J. M. (2017a) Forensic science. 4th edition. Harlow: Pearson. Jackson, A. R. W. and Jackson, J. M. (2017b) Forensic science. 4th edition. Harlow: Pearson. Jackson, A. R. W. and Jackson, J. M. (2017c) Forensic science. 4th edition. Harlow: Pearson. Jackson, A. R. W. and Jackson, J. M. (2017d) Forensic science. 4th edition. Harlow: Pearson. Jackson, A. R. W. and Jackson, J. M. (2017e) Forensic science. 4th edition. Harlow: Pearson. Juror Comprehension of Expert Evidence: A Reform Agenda (no date) Criminal law review, (3). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=juror+comprehension+of+expert+evidence% 3A+A+Reform+Agenda&rft.jtitle=Criminal+Law+Review&rft.au=Coen%2C+Mark&rft.au= Heffernan%2C+Liz&rft.date=2010&rft.issn= X&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=195&rft.ep age=211&rft.externaldbid=n%2fa&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-us. Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2016a) The modern law of evidence. Eleventh edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2016b) The modern law of evidence. Eleventh edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Keeping the right people on the DNA database (no date). Available at: documents/cons-2009-dna-database/cons-2009-dna-response2835.pdf%3fview%3dbinary. Krahe, B., Temkin, J. and EBL DDA. (2008) Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude. Oxford: Hart Publishing Limited. Available at: Latent print examination and human factors: Improving the practice through a systems 5/8

6 approach (2012) (no date). Available at: Lord chief justice of England and Wales expert evidence the future of forensic science in criminal trials (no date). Available at: Lord Justice Leveson, "Expert Evidence in Criminal Courts-The Problem, Speech to the Forensic Science Society (no date a). Available at: esources/jco/documents/speeches/speech-by-lj-leveson-kcl-expert-evidence pdf. Lord Justice Leveson, "Expert Evidence in Criminal Courts-The Problem, Speech to the Forensic Science Society (no date b). Available at: esources/jco/documents/speeches/speech-by-lj-leveson-kcl-expert-evidence pdf. Maddox, B. (2003) Rosalind Franklin :The dark lady of DNA. New Ed. London: HarperCollins Publishers. Meta analytically Quantifying the Reliability and Biasability of Forensic Experts (no date) Journal of forensic sciences, 53(4). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=meta%e2%80%90analytically+quantifying+th e+reliability+and+biasability+of+forensic+experts&rft.jtitle=journal+of+forensic+scien ces&rft.au=dror%2c+itiel&rft.au=rosenthal%2c+robert&rft.date= &rft.pub=b lackwell+publishing+ltd&rft.issn= &rft.eissn= &rft.volume=53&rft.iss ue=4&rft.spage=900&rft.epage=903&rft_id=info:doi/ %2fj x&rft.externaldocid=jfo762&paramdict=en-us. NDNAD ethics group annual report 2013 (no date). Available at: NA_Ethics_group_2013.pdf. Never the Twain Shall Meet - B.Mahendra, New Law Journal December 20, 2002 (no date). Available at: 3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft _val_fmt=info%3aofi%2ffmt%3akev%3amtx%3ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.at itle=never+the+twain+shall+meet&rft.jtitle=new+law+journal&rft.au=mahen dra%2c+b&rft.date= &rft.pub=butterworths+%26+company+%28p ublishers%29+ltd.+%28uk%29&rft.issn= &rft.volume=152&rft.i ssue=7061&rft.spage=1935&rft.externaldbid=bshee&rft.externaldocid= &paramdict=en-US. Nuffield Council on Bioethics - The forensic use of bioinformation ethical issues (no date). Available at: ssues.pdf. 6/8

7 Ozin, P. and Norton, H. (2015a) PACE: a practical guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ozin, P. and Norton, H. (2015b) PACE: a practical guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. PART 35 - Civil Procedure Rules (no date). Available at: PART 35.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules (no date). Available at: Review of the Science of Low Template DNA Analysis Home Office (no date). Available at: alysis. Sally Clark: Home Page (no date). Available at: Strengthening Forensic Science in the US: A Path Forward (no date). Available at: Surveillance & Society CCTV Special (no date). Available at: Taylor, C. (2002) Joint Experts - Escaping the Net?, The New law journal. London: Butterworth. Temkin, J. and Krahé, B. (2008) Sexual assault and the justice gap: a question of attitude. Oxford: Hart. THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES PART 33 (no date). Available at: 33.pdf. The Fingerprint Inquiry Report (Scotland, 2011) (no date). Available at: p;cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahukewjqn8sn1alxahul0hokhtazce0qf gg9mam&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.webarchive.org.uk%2fwayback%2farchive%2f %2Fhttp%3A%2Fwww.thefingerprintinquiryscotland.org.uk%2Finquiry%2F files%2fthefingerprintinquiryreport_high_res.pdf&usg=aovvaw3_y-0sjejdfdn2fvuy ysol. The Forensic Science Regulator Response to Professor Brian Caddy s Review of the Science of Low Template DNA Analysis (no date). Available at: ponse-caddy-dna-review.pdf. The Government s response to the Law Commission report: Expert evidence in criminal proceedings in England and Wales (Law Com No 325) (no date). Available at: t-resp-experts-evidence.pdf. 7/8

8 The Law Commission s report on expert evidence in criminal proceedings (no date a) Criminal law review, (11). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=the+law+commission%27s+report+on+expe rt+evidence+in+criminal+proceedings&rft.jtitle=criminal+law+review&rft.au=edmond %2C+Gary&rft.au=Roberts%2C+Andrew+J&rft.date= &rft.pub=Sweet+%26+M axwell+ltd.+%28uk%29&rft.issn= x&rft.issue=11&rft.spage=844&rft.externald BID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID= &paramdict=en-US. The Law Commission s report on expert evidence in criminal proceedings (no date b) Criminal law review, (11). Available at: ev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=the+law+commission%27s+report+on+expe rt+evidence+in+criminal+proceedings&rft.jtitle=criminal+law+review&rft.au=edmond %2C+Gary&rft.au=Roberts%2C+Andrew+J&rft.date= &rft.pub=Sweet+%26+M axwell+ltd.+%28uk%29&rft.issn= x&rft.issue=11&rft.spage=844&rft.externald BID=BSHEE&rft.externalDocID= &paramdict=en-UK. The Royal College of Pathologists and The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (the Kennedy Report, 2004) (no date). Available at: mp;cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahukewid-etm2klxahukexokhq8ta7q QFggpMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rcpath.org%2Fasset%2F874AE50E-C A804E0EF728A4%2F&usg=AOvVaw27KfyeGdlCpBu4Ne4nji1v. The Times (1788). London [England]: R. Nutkins. The times (1788). London [England]: R. Nutkins. Zellick, G. J. (2005) The CCRC and the Court of Appeal: The Commission s Perspective, The Criminal law review. London: Sweet & Maxwell. Available at: ion_and_the_court_of_appeal_the_commission%27s_perspective. 8/8

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