UPCOMING EVENTS
Center Continues “Short Course” Tradition for 64th Year
The Center will continue its association with Northwestern University School of Law’s renowned Short Courses by contributing advocacy and forensics content with presentations by Center affiliates Peter DeForest, Peter Diaczuk, James Doyle, and Jenifer Dysart. This year’s version, the first held in New York, and adapted for a shorter, two-day format, brings the professionals who practice on the crime scene and in the labs and those who practice in the courtrooms into productive dialogue, and includes a review of the National Academy of Science’s recent groundbreaking report on the path forward for the forensic sciences in the United States.
A Short Course in Crime Scene Analysis for Trial Lawyers
in Criminal Cases
Cohosted with the John Jay Crime Scene Academy, and sponsored in conjunction with The Legal Aid Society of New York, The Bronx Defenders, The New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and The Northwestern University School of Law.
This course will be held on September 17-18, 2009
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Forensic Biology Building
421 East 26th Street New York, NY
For further information contact:
Dr. Albert Harper, Ph.D, Director, John Jay Crime Scene Academy, aharper@jjay.cuny.edu
Trace Evidence Symposium 2009
August 2nd-7th
Clearwater, FL
The 35th Annual North Easter Association of Forensic Science
Nov 4th-7th
Ocean Place Resort and Spa
Long Branch, NJ
Eastern Analytical Symposium
Nov 16th-19th
Garden State Exhibit Center
Somerset, NJ
Peter Diaczuk will be giving a presentation at EAS on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Bullets as Trace Evidence
It is not uncommon at a shooting scene to have a bullet impact an unintended substance. These impacts invariably impart information about the event onto the bullet. If the information is recognized and deciphered, it can be helpful in developing a more accurate shooting scene reconstruction. This presentation will consider both the transfer of material from the substrate to the bullet, per the Locard Exchange Principle, and the overall change to the bullet due to the energy of the impact.
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A Short Course in Crime Scene Analysis for Trial Lawyers
in Criminal Cases
September 17-18, 2009
Cohosted with the Crime Scene Academy, and sponsored in conjunction with
The Legal Aid Society of New York,
The Bronx Defenders,
The New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
and
The Northwestern University School of Law.
This course is being held at
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Forensic Biology Building
421 East 26th Street
New York, NY
National Public Radio's "On Point"
The Center will be convening scientists and criminal justice practitioners of a wide-ranging discussion of the practical impact of the National Academy of Science's recent analysis of the state of forensice science and its future. The issue is discussed by the Center Director and others on National Public Radio.
Center Wins Grant for Ground-Breaking Arson Screening Program
The Center has won a grant of $248,000 from the JEHT Foundation for an innovative Arson Screening Project, designed to assess the damage done by generations of “bad science” arson convictions. The Arson Screening Project will be the first program to address systematically the roles played by improved science in revealing mistaken convictions in a non-DNA context.
Dr. Nicholas Petraco
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