We have a very special #cclivechat this coming Friday. Peter Mullen will be our guest. Peter will discuss postmortem toxicology and pharmacokinetics with us. Peter was a tenured member of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Manchester prior to establishing Kemic Bio-research. He wrote down a few introductory statements to set the scene for […]
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Prep #cclivechat with Andrew Wade
This Friday, we will be joined by Andrew Wade for #cclivechat and I have some burning questions for him. We have seen many cases re-investigated in the USA where forensic arson detection plays a role. I pointed you to the case of Han Tak Lee in my previous Sum it up! and now we have […]
Recap #cclivechat Jan 20, 2012
In this cclivechat we were joined by Gavin Ward to continue the crash course on blogging that he had started last November 11, 2011. You can read that recap here. Gavin Ward is Operations Director at Moore Legal Technology (formerly search & social media marketing manager). They help law firms, lawyers, barristers and businesses generate profitable business online. […]
Recap #CCLiveChat Jan 13, 2012
Friday the 13th and CCLiveChat, what can go wrong. It was tempting fate and indeed something happened. Air plane delays messed up Richard Case‘s travel plans. Our #CCLiveChat therefore began much early with questions and answers send via email and Twitter. At the noon hour, several other CSI folks jumped in and we learned a […]
#CCLiveChat recap Jan 6, 2012
The first CCLiveChat from this year was a “get back into the chatting rhythm” group exercise and I think we all passed with flying colours! Joined by old and new friends, we dove into the Stephen Lawrence case from the UK with issues of double jeopardy, evidence contamination and of course, the consequences of proper […]
Recap #CCLiveChat Dec 16, 2011
Our CCLiveChat today was with Gary Howard a.k.a. TriniCSI on Twitter. We discussed the chemical treatment of fingerprints. And despite mind-boggling technical difficulties we got an excellent conversation going. Gary Howard is a fingerprint recovery expert and crime scene specialist in the UK. We touched on the three types of fingerprints that can be found at a […]
DCC: Nov 24, 2009 – Nov 24, 2011
November 24, 2011 is Thanksgiving in the USA and there is a lot to be thankful for. It seems fitting that today of all days, my blog is two years old. A lot has changed since the beginning. The publishing of posts has slowed down considerably because I have become more selective. When DCC was […]
Recap #CCLiveChat Nov 11, 2011
In today’s CCLiveChat we got a crash course in blogging courtesy of Gavin Ward. Gavin is Operations Director at Moore Legal Technology. A former commercial lawyer, Gavin is responsible for ensuring that an excellent service is provided to clients and in particular that online business generation strategies are developed and executed to get the best possible […]
Recap #CCLiveChat Oct 14, 2011
In this CCLiveChat we had the enormous pleasure to feature our very own in-house DNA expert Sue Carney. Sue educated us on DNA, its possibilities, its limitations, and of course, about the correct interpretation of the results as it pertains to the case. Sue Carney is an operational consultant forensic scientist and part time lecturer. […]
Recap #CCLiveChat October 7, 2011
A dazzling CCLiveChat in rapid pace but not without some tech glitches here and there. Our Evie feel off the charts no matter how hard Sue tried to prevent that. Joe opened the chat by pointing to the need for crime scene management in the Knox case for evidence collection and preservation and in the […]