Criminal justice professionals need a new place to meet science insulated from the adversary battle of courtroom expert testimony and the ‘gotcha’ traditions of daily journalism, a new way to inform scientists about the realities of practice—in short a new tradition that integrates science into the criminal process. The science portrayed on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is real, and there is more science available than is ever shown on television. The Center for Modern Forensic Practice of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice mobilizes that science to support criminal justice professionals who are making a concrete difference on the streets—it uses science to provide not only more evidence, but a higher quality of evidence, and an enhanced ability to evaluate evidence.

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Center News Articles

   

60th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences
February 18-23, Washington, D.C.

Presentations to be given by
John Jay Faculty and Students include:
Dr. Thomas A. Kubic
Dr. Peter R. De Forest
Dr. Nicholas Petraco
Peter Diaczuk
Rebecca Bucht

February 18-23, 2008,

A New Legal Architecture: Litigating Eyewitness Identification Cases in the 21st Century
Presentations to be given by Center affiliates James Doyle, Stephen Penrod, Margaret Kovera, and Jennifer Dysart

New York, New York, March 14-15, 2008


Dr. Peter R. De Forest of Criminalistics at the
John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
City University of New York where he
has taught for 37 years. >>Read More