FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS:
SCIENTIFIC AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
PROGRAMME :
Science in the Investigation of Crime
Science and Criminal Justice: Potential and Reality
Prof. Jim Fraser
DNA in Crime Investigation: A Practitioner’s View
Dr. Maureen Smyth
The Proposed DNA Database
Dr. Liz Heffernan
APPENDICES
Report: The Establishment of a DNA Database: LCR 78-2005
The Law Reform Commission
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Professor Jim Fraser is Director of the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for
Forensic Science. A past President of the Forensic Science Society and current
Chair of the European Academy of Forensic Science, he has extensive experience as an expert witness in criminal courts in the UK. He has advised a range of agencies on forensic matters, including the Association of Chief Police Officers, the
Home Office and the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments.
Dr. Liz Heffernan lectures at the Law School, Trinity College Dublin. She is the author of Scientific Evidence: Fingerprints and DNA (FirstLaw, 2006) and Evidence:
Cases and Materials (Thomson Round Hall, 2005). She is a former law clerk at the
United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Dr. Maureen Smyth joined the Forensic Science Laboratory in 1979. She is currently Head of the DNA Section which provides a profiling service within the criminal justice system. She is a member of the Steering Committee of the DNA
Working Group of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes.
Dr. Sheila Willis is Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, a position she has held since 2002. Prior to that, she was Deputy Director and Head of the Chemistry
Section. She completed her undergraduate degree in UCD where she also carried out her PhD research on organometallic chemistry under the supervision of
Professor A.R. Manning. She was recently chair of the European Academy of
Forensic Science and has been active in the European Network of Forensic Science
Institutes since its inception.
Catherine Finnegan, School of Law, House 39, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Tel (01) 896 2367;
Fax (01) 677 0449; Email: lawevent@tcd.ie; http://www.tcd.ie/Law/Events

FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS:
SCIENTIFIC AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
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