East Midlands Forensics Network

EMFN member, Foster and Freeman, host a digital archive of over 100 webinars (most of which can be used for formal career development recognition) on topics related to several areas of forensic science, including arson, bodily fluids, knife crime, identification and more.

Lecturemotely contains information for Higher Education institutions and their staff on resources for teaching post Covid19. They host both #RemoteForensicCSI and #DryLabsRealScience who have information on forensic related materials. For further resources and recordings from these groups, visit their YouTube channels #RemoteForensicCSI and #DryLabsRealScience.

Created by Angela Davies and Dionne Watson, the Crime Scene Assistant app supports practitioners and students to use best practice methods when investigating crime scenes.

Browse information on various organisations and bodies that operate across a range of areas relating to forensic science:

• #RemoteForensicCSI
• #DryLabsRealScience
• British Academy of Forensic Sciences
• British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology
• British Association for Forensic Anthropologists
• British Association for Human Identification
• Cellmark
• Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
• European Association for Forensic Entomology
• European Division of the International Association for Identification
• European Network of Forensic Science Institutes
• Forensic Capability Network
• Foster and Freeman
• International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
• Royal Anthropological Institute: Forensic Anthropology
• Royal Entomological Society
• Royal Microscopical Society
• Royal Society of Biology
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• SOCOTEC

Forensic genetics and DNA

• Rock, M., Zouganelis G.D., Belchior de Andrade, A.F., Drake, S.J., Alexiou, A., Albrakati, A., Batiha, G.E.-S., Illingworth, T.A. (2022) Development and validation of anti-human Alpha synuclein DNA aptamer using computer modelling techniques - an in-silico study, Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 21(1), 5 
• Huszar, T.I., Bodmer, W.F., Hutnik, K., Wetton, J.H. and Jobling, M.A. (2022) Sequencing of autosomal, mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal forensic markers in the People of the British Isles cohort detects population structure dominated by patrilineages. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 59, 102725.
• Muinde, J.M., Chandra Bhanu, D.R., Neumann, R., Oduor, R.O., Kanja, W., Kimani, J.K., Mutugi, M.W., Smith, L., Jobling, M.A. and Wetton, J.H. (2021) Geographical and linguistic structure in the people of Kenya demonstrated using 21 autosomal STRs. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 102535.
• Al-Snan, N., Messaoudi, S.A., Khubrani, Y.M., Wetton, J.H., Jobling, M.A. and Bakhiet, M. (2020) Geographical structuring and low diversity of paternal lineages in Bahrain shown by analysis of 27 Y-STRs. Mol. Genet. Genomics, 295, 1315-1324.
• Khubrani, Y.M., Jobling, M.A. and Wetton, J.H. (2020) Massively parallel sequencing of sex-chromosomal STRs in Saudi Arabia reveals patrilineage-associated sequence variants. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 49, 102402.
• Khubrani, Y., Wetton, J.H. and Jobling, M.A. (2019) Analysis of 21 autosomal STRs in Saudi Arabia reveals population structure and the influence of consanguinity. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 39, 97-102.
• Huszar, T.I, Wetton, J.H. and Jobling, M.A. (2019) Mitigating the effects of reference sequence bias in single-multiplex massively parallel sequencing of the mitochondrial DNA control region. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 40, 9-17.
• Khubrani, Y., Hallast, P., Jobling, M.A. and Wetton, J.H. (2019) Massively parallel sequencing of autosomal STRs and identity-informative SNPs highlights consanguinity in Saudi Arabia. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 43, 102164.
• Huszar, T.I., Jobling, M.A. and Wetton, J.H. (2018) A phylogenetic framework facilitates Y-STR variant discovery and classification via massively parallel sequencing. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 35, 97-106.
• Smith, L., Wetton, J.H., Lall, G., Flowe, H.D. and Jobling, M.A. (2017) Forensic science and the right to access to justice: Testing the efficacy of self-examination intimate DNA swabs to enhance victim-centred responses to sexual violence in low-resource environments. Sci. Justice, 57, 331-335.
• Khubrani, Y.M., Wetton, J.H. and Jobling, M.A. (2017) Extensive geographical and social structure in the paternal lineages of Saudi Arabia revealed by analysis of 27 Y-STRs. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 33, 98–105.
• Ottolini, B., Matharu Lall, G., Sacchini, F., Jobling, M.A. and Wetton, J.H. (2016) Application of a mitochondrial DNA control region frequency database for UK domestic cats. Forensic Sci. Int. Genet., 27, 149-155.

Fingerprint/marks

• King, R.S.P, McMurchie, B, Wilson, R and Kelly, P.F, (2022). A preliminary investigation of a two-step, non-invasive process to determine chronological deposition order of fingerprints and printed ink on paper. Scientific Reports.12 (1),[DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16740-z]
• G. Illston-Baggs, P. Deacon, L. Nichols-Drew, K.J. Farrugia (2022) Using Vacuum Metal Deposition to Detect Latent Fingermarks on Thermal Paper: A Pseudo-operational Trial, J. Forensic Identif. 72. pp.185–199.
• G. Illston-Baggs, P. Deacon, J. Ivanova, L. Nichols-Drew, R. Armitage, K.J. Farrugia (2022) An investigation into the detection of latent fingermarks on eco-friendly soft plastics packaging, Forensic Chem. 29. 100427.
• King RSP, McMurchie B, Wilson R, Kelly PF. A preliminary investigation of a two-step, non-invasive process to determine chronological deposition order of fingerprints and printed ink on paper. Sci Rep. 2022 Jul 21;12(1):12469. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16740-z. PMID: 35864148; PMCID: PMC9304398.
• G. Illston-Baggs, P. Deacon, J. Ivanova, L. Nichols-Drew, K.J. Farrugia (2021) A pseudo-operational trial: An investigation into the use of longwave reflected UV imaging of cyanoacrylate developed fingermarks, Forensic Sci. Int. 325, 110871.
• Dawkins, J., Gautam, L., Bandey, HL., Armitage, R. & Ferguson, L. (2020) The Effect of Paint Type on the Development of Latent Fingermarks on Walls. Forensic Science International, 110186.

Crime scene examination

• Barnes, K.M. & Bryson, D (2020) ‘A classroom-based game to support student learning of missing person and clandestine grave search techniques’, The Journal of Academic Development and Education. Autumn issue: 34-39. DOI: 10.21252/MRGG-ZX39

Fibres, glass and other traces

• Nichols-Drew, L., Armitage, R., Hillman, R., Sheridan, K.J. and Farrugia, K.J., (2020) ‘On a knife edge: A preliminary investigation of clothing damage using rounded-tip knives’, Science & Justice, 60(6) p.495-503.