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The private forensic scientist and the criminal justice system

Michael T Pailthorpe and Nigel A G Johnston

Published in:
Private Sector and Community Involvement in the Criminal Justice System : proceedings of a conference held 30 November - 2 December 1992, Wellington, New Zealand
David Biles and Julia Vernon (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 20156 0 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1994
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 23)

Abstract

The authors put forward a case for establishing forensic textile research as a specialist forensic science. They detail the current need for forensic textile scientists, suggest appropriate training and resources required, and cite cases where private textile technologists have been used to provide forensic evidence.