Criminal and evidence investigation. What can forensic scientists and the court do to ensure that juries are not misled by expert evidence? To pass this mini-assessment you are expected to do the following: 1. Answer the question relevantly and appropriately. 2. Make reference to and discuss in relation to the question at least 2 sources of academic research and/or parliamentary Select Committee reports/proceedings. 3. Discuss at least two or three uk cases in relation to the question. These may be used to establish a legal point, or to illustrate a point about criminal investigation (for example, how certain police practices may result in misleading evidence), or both. It is not enough to simply cite a case, you must also explain its relevance. 4. Write clearly and succinctly.You have the normal 10% word allowance (ie. a maximum of 550 words excluding the title and reference list). 5. Include clear citation and a reference list for all sources used (according to oscola referencing) 6. Submit using Microsoft Word (not Works or anything else). Before writing this mini-assignment please look at the following sources: Sanders, A, Young, R. And Burton, M. (2010) Criminal Justice, (5th ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press (chapter 6, p. 362 “ 367) Pepper, I. (2004) Crime Scene Investigation: methods and procedures, Open University Press (not a particularly academic source but a good detailed overview of crime scene investigation. Chapter 2 in particular may be of interest) For a more advanced discussion of the relationship between policing, forensic science and market forces (which will be one of the themes of the lecture) see Lawless, C.J. (2011) Policing Markets: the contested shaping of neo-liberal forensic science, British Journal of Criminology, 51, 671-689 (attached). House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology (2011), The Forensic Science Service Ch. 2, available at ” (13 Feb 2013) ??Uncorrected Transcript of Oral Evidence: Forensic Science’ available at (note: ??FSS’ in this document means Forensic Science Service). Broeders, A.P.A. (2007) Principles of Forensic Identification Science in T. Newburn, T. Williamson and A. Wright (eds) Handbook of Criminal Investigation, available at: Fraser, J. (2007) The Application of Forensic Science to Criminal Investigation in T. Newburn, T. Williamson and A. Wright (eds) Handbook of Criminal Investigation, available at: There is an extensive selection of readings and broadcasts in the œExpert Evidence folder in th eBridge Resources section. The following are particularly relevant to the assignment: · Expert Witnesses: Role, Ethics and Accountability (Ward, forthcoming) · Fingerprint Inquiry Scotland, esp. Ch. 2 of the Report · Fingerprints on Trial (BBC Radio 4) · Panorama: Shaken Babies · The Coming Paradigm Shift in Forensic Identification Science (Saks & Koehler 2005) There are also sub-folders on three cases relating to expert evidence. (But note that the Eddie Gilfoyle case, which may or may not be a miscarriage, concerns the exclusion of expert evidence for the defence.) Additional resources for assignment