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Personal profile
Personal Statement
Professor of forensic science, Associate Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research and a Past President of the Forensic Science Society. He has extensive experience as an expert witness in criminal courts in the UK and has been involved in many high profile cases (e.g. Damilola Taylor, Rachel Nickell, Shirley McKie) as an expert witness, reviewer or adviser. Jim also has significant experience in strategic and policy matters in relation to forensic science in the UK and internationally. He has advised a range of agencies on forensic, scientific and investigative matters, including the police organisations in the UK and abroad, the Home Office, the Scottish Parliament and the UK Parliament.
Jim is a council member of JUSTICE Scotland; Chair of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service Forensic Science Technical Advisory Committee, a member of the Forensic Science Regulator’s Fingerprint Specialist Group and former Chair of the Digital Forensics Specialist Group. His teaching and research interests focus primarily on the role of science and technology in criminal justice. He is the co-editor (with Robin Williams) of the Handbook of Forensic Science (Willan) and author of Forensic Science a Very Short introduction (OUP).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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The influence of occupational culture on forensic science use in the Scottish Crime Campus
1/06/15 → 18/12/15
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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Crafting credible homicide narratives: forensic technoscience in contemporary criminal investigations
Brookman, F., Jones, H., Williams, R. & Fraser, J., 4 Mar 2022, In: Deviant Behavior. 43, 3, p. 340-366 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus)19 Downloads (Pure) -
We need to talk about dialogue: accomplishing collaborative sensemaking in homicide investigations
Jones, H., Brookman, F., Williams, R. & Fraser, J., 3 Dec 2020, In: Police Journal. 94, 4, p. 572-589 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)2 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
Activities
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Forensic Horizons 2013
Jim Fraser (Keynote/plenary speaker)
Nov 2013 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences
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Forensic Horizons 2013
Jim Fraser (Keynote/plenary speaker)
6 Nov 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences
Impacts
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DNA policy and practice
Jim Fraser (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Policy and legislation