Message from the OSAC Trace Material Subcommittee
Dear Colleagues, The OSAC Hair Task Group is writing this letter to inform the forensic community about three recently published...
American Board of Criminalistics – FKE
Please see the below letter from the American Board of Criminalistics regarding their Foundational Knowledge Exam (FKE). https://swafs.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/FKE-Cut-Score-SME-survey-letter_FINAL.pdf
ABC Foundational Knowledge Exam (FKE)
Please see the below message from the American Board of Criminalistics President: The American Board of Criminalistics needs your help!...
ABC Field Testing Announcement
The American Board of Criminalistics, which offers certification for several fields of forensic analysis, has asked us to publish this...
Female Forensic Scientists Needed for TV Opportunity
SWAFS has been contacted by the Pilgrim Media Group (a Lionsgate company) regarding an opportunity for an upcoming television series....
ABC Spring Newsletter
The American Board of Criminalistics has published their spring newsletter. Please see the link below to read it in full....
2020 Virtual Conference
The 2020 SWAFS Conference will be hosted online this year, for our first ever completely Virtual Conference. Certificates will be...
Forensic science and the criminal justice system: a blueprint for change
House of Lords (United Kingdom) Science and Technology Select Committee Full Document
Cognitive bias research in forensic science: A systematic review
Abstract: The extent to which cognitive biases may influence decision-making in forensic science is an important question with implications for...
Virginia legislators claimed a bill to allow appeals from people convicted by junk science was too expensive
Article from the Washington Post: “As we have previously discussed here, it can be extraordinarily difficult for people convicted because of bad forensics to appeal their convictions. First, the courts are loath to admit their mistakes, so it’s hard to even get an appeals court to concede that a field of forensics or a specific […]
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