The SIPR Annual Conference 2010
"Policing in an age of austerity"

14th September 2010

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The SPSA / SIPR Conference
"New developments in forensic science"
14th - 15th September 2010

West Park Conference Centre, Dundee

TUESDAY 14th SEPTEMBER

Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session 1
Chair: Professor Nicholas Fyfe, Director SIPR

10.00   Chair's introduction
10.05   Pat Shearer (President, ACPOS)
10.15   Keynote Speaker: Professor Martin Innes (Director, Universities' Police Science            Institute, Cardiff University) Paying the bill? Policing after the recession
10.45   Discussion
11.00   Coffee

Plenary Session 2

11.20   Dr Ben Bradford (SCCJR, University of Edinburgh) Using procedural justice            to encourage cooperation with the policeand compliance with the law
11.50   Alan Dobie (Scottish Business Crime Centre) Who pays? Prioritising            prevention through collaboration in austere times
12.20   Dr Wynsen Faber (Police Academy of the Netherlands) The limits of the            justice system: coping with Homeland security in today's society
12.50   Discussion
13.15   Lunch, Poster Session and networking

Parallel Sessions

14.30 - 17.00 The afternoon will include two Parallel Sessions.

New developments in forensic science

Chair: Professor Jim Fraser, University of Strathclyde & Associate Director, SIPR

14.30 Evaluating the contribution of science to the          investigation of crime and criminal justice
         Professor Jim Fraser, Associate Director, SIPR
14.50 Remote chemical detection by tunable lasers Graeme
         Malcolm, M Squared Lasers
15.15 Forensic Science Provision to the Criminal Justice system          Stan Brown, Chief Executive Forensic Science Northern Ireland
15.40 Tea
16.00 Interpretation and evaluation of evidence
         Professor Christophe Champod, University of Lausanne
16.45 Discussion

Practitioner Research

Chair: Dr Ken Scott, Director, Centre for Criminal Justice and Police Studies, UWS

14.30 Chair's Introduction
14.40 Missing persons: practitioner research to national
         practice Dr Penny Woolnough, Senior Research Officer,
         Grampian Police Research Unit
15.10 An evaluation of operational deployment of police
         negotiators to incidents of deliberate self harm
         CI Andy Brown, Deputy Head, Leadership & Professional
         Development, Scottish Police College
15.40 Tea
16.00 Australian and Scottish Perspectives
         Professor David Bradley, Edith Cowan University Centre for
         Social Justice, Washington
16.20 Panel discussion: Learning from Practitioners' Research
         Experience
         Discussant: Supt Tony Beveridge, Tayside Police

Optional Civic Reception at SPSA Forensic Services, City Quay

17.30 - 19.00 Civic Reception, with Lord Provost John Letford, and tour of the newly-opened facilities.

Optional Conference Dinner, Apex Hotel, City Quay

19.30 - 21.30 Conference Dinner, at the award-winning Apex Hotel.

WEDNESDAY 15th SEPTEMBER

Plenary Sessions

Chair: Tom Nelson, Director of Forensic Services, SPSA

09.00   Chair's introduction
09.10   Niamh NicDaeid (University of Strathclyde) Development in forensic science            research - looking to the future
09.40   Martin Bill (Forensic Science Service) New DNA developments
10.10   Jim Thompson (LGC forensics) Cannabis DNA
10.40   Coffee and Forensics Showcase (see below for details of exhibits)
12.00   Kenny Laing (SPSA Forensics, Glasgow) Powder suspensions - Operational perspective
12.30 - 13.15 Lunch

Chair: Professor Jim Fraser, University of Strathclyde & Associate Director, SIPR

13.15   Richard Sleeman (Mass Spec Analytical Ltd., Bristol) Isotope Ratio Mass
           Spectrometry
13.45   Sue Black (University of Dundee) New methods in human identification
14.15   Marielle Vennemen (University of Strathclyde) RNA in Forensic Science
14.45   Tea
15.15   Patrick Sears (DSTL) Developments in explosives research
15.45   Panel discussion Professor Jim Fraser (University of Strathclyde), Tom Nelson
           (SPSA), Roddy Ross (ACPOS), Liam Murphy (CoPFS)
16.30   Close of Conference

Forensics Showcase

The 'Forensics Showcase' will include Posters and Exhibits on:

"Shoot, No shoot" - decision making firearms training developed at the University of Abertay
DNA technology - developments from the Forensic Science Services
SPSA Forensic Multimedia Unit: Bringing Evidence to Life
Stable Isotope Profiles: investigating illegal people trafficking and aiding victim identification at SCRI / University of Dundee
Teeth as a Source of Information for Forensic Science - University of the West of Scotland
Novel methods in drug profiling: chiral analysis of Methylamphetamine - University of the West of Scotland
Exhibits from the SPSA Forensic Services:

Science: there when you need it (Rapid Restricted Analysis (RRA) of Drugs)
The Removal of Cocaine Impregnated in Clothing
Fingerprint Recovery from Banknotes after Heat-Treating for Trace Drug Detection
The use of Vacuum Metal Deposition to Visualise Fingerprints and Grab Impressions on Fabrics
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and DNA findings
Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
Development and Implementation of DNA Mixture Interpretation Software
The NABIS database for firearms

Restoration of Stamp Marks and Development of an Etching Paste - Abertay University
The Behaviour of Air Rifle Pellets in Ballistic Gel - Abertay University
Exhibits from CAHID, University of Dundee:

Limb Vein Pattern Analysis for Human Forensic Identification
Advances in Burnt Bone Analysis: The Use of Micro-Computed Tomography and Histomorphometry to Assess Morphological Change - Randolph Quinney et al., CAHID, University of Dundee
Age Assessment in the Living
Forensic Image Enhancement
Conducting a Cognitive Interview and creating a Facial Composite Sketch remotely via Webcam
Forensic computerised facial reconstruction employing cone-beam Computed Tomography
Can 3D facial composite construction aid or improve memory at interview level and subsequently recognition test level?

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