Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision
Recent worldwide humanitarian and security efforts reflect the growth of forensic science as a global practice supporting peace, prosperity, and justice. While the dominance of the Global North in published research and public attention may suggest that this practice is universally well-developed, m...
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| author | Bouzin, Jemmy Lópes, Thais Heavey, Anna Parrish, Jessie Sauzier, Georgina Lewis, Simon |
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| description | Recent worldwide humanitarian and security efforts reflect the growth of forensic science as a global practice supporting peace, prosperity, and justice. While the dominance of the Global North in published research and public attention may suggest that this practice is universally well-developed, many Global South jurisdictions are at a stark disadvantage in resourcing and technological capabilities. Continued development of forensic science as an international endeavour requires a narrowing of inequalities between jurisdictions, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here we propose a framework of principles for the sustainable provision of transparent, high-quality forensic services meeting jurisdictional needs and limitations. We illustrate how this concept of ‘frugal forensics’ can be applied in the context of latent fingermark detection in two Global South jurisdictions, and how quality assurance frameworks can be developed to support this service. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-906812023-03-29T01:42:06Z Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision Bouzin, Jemmy Lópes, Thais Heavey, Anna Parrish, Jessie Sauzier, Georgina Lewis, Simon Fingermark detection Global south Supply chain Quality Sustainable development Recent worldwide humanitarian and security efforts reflect the growth of forensic science as a global practice supporting peace, prosperity, and justice. While the dominance of the Global North in published research and public attention may suggest that this practice is universally well-developed, many Global South jurisdictions are at a stark disadvantage in resourcing and technological capabilities. Continued development of forensic science as an international endeavour requires a narrowing of inequalities between jurisdictions, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here we propose a framework of principles for the sustainable provision of transparent, high-quality forensic services meeting jurisdictional needs and limitations. We illustrate how this concept of ‘frugal forensics’ can be applied in the context of latent fingermark detection in two Global South jurisdictions, and how quality assurance frameworks can be developed to support this service. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90681 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2023.100318 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Fingermark detection Global south Supply chain Quality Sustainable development Bouzin, Jemmy Lópes, Thais Heavey, Anna Parrish, Jessie Sauzier, Georgina Lewis, Simon Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| title | Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| title_full | Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| title_fullStr | Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| title_short | Mind the gap: The challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| title_sort | mind the gap: the challenges of sustainable forensic science service provision |
| topic | Fingermark detection Global south Supply chain Quality Sustainable development |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90681 |