MARCH 2008

 

EDITORIAL Science Fiction
Guest Author: John Berry, BEM, FFS

NEWS Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys FRS donates first DNA Profile to Leicestershire Constabulary
Fingerprints leading the way in biometric technologies
‘Server in the sky’
Tenprint scanners to protect US security
Mobile banking with fingerprints
Handkey readers installed in prison
European Union to dispense with passports

THE BOND SOLON COLUMN Mark Solon
Fingerprints on the witness box


ARTICLES AND RESEARCH
Reviewing the standards for forensic science in the UK
UKAS Accreditation
Karen Stow, Derbyshire Constabulary

News from CRFP
Mike Goldstein, Chairman, CRFP

National Footwear Board
Karen Stow, SSM, Derbyshire

Testing latent fingerprint longevity on glass after exposure to water
Vikki Kerr, Karen Stringer, Gwen Thompson,
Nigel W. Scott and Mark Fowler

SOCIETY BUSINESS
The Fingerprint Society – Directory
Chartered Accountants Report to the Fingerprint Society on the unaudited accounts
Society Issues Bubbling Under
Code of Conduct