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Forensic science* issues, commentary, and discussion by an award-winning 30-year veteran of the industry.

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Dry-labbing

There, I said it. Out loud. Now, I'm off to use mouthwash...

Training Day

Or "Mind the [Training] Gap"

One hundred and thirty years of being experts

It's the system's structure, stupid.

Bad Dog, New Tricks

Why exchanging physical measurements of your noggin with scans of your inner noggin aren't any better. Dad joke: "I had a brain scan once and the results came back negative."

Forty-Five Years of Showing Up: A Tribute to Paul Speaker

My friend and colleague

Umpires, Crime Stats, and Data

I love numbers, like, more than I probably should. Not more than ice cream, but still.

The Invisible Essential Employee

Forensic scientists are essential workers. So why doesn’t anyone act like it?

It's been a minute

But I have good reasons

Evidential Fetishism

No, no, not that kind of fetishism. But, hey, I'm not judging.

Leon Augustus Hausman

A little known person of forensic note