National Recognition
Developments in Forensic Science
In 2011 while Scientific Support Manager at Northamptonshire Police, Dr John Bond was awarded an OBE for services to forensic science and to the county’s police.
An innovative partnership project between the University of Leicester and Northamptonshire Police Force resulted in ground-breaking applications of forensic science. In February 2011, a pioneering new forensic device that extracts latent fingerprints from discharged cartridge cases was launched by Consolite Forensics at Northamptonshire Police headquarters.
Key achievements:
- Technique voted as one of the top 50 inventions in 2008 by Time Magazine and could bring financial benefits to both the University and the Force.
- A one-day conference on solving crime with forensic science which was attended by 50 delegates from forces all over the UK. Dr Bond was also invited to lecture at a conference at the University of Tennessee on the joint research done with the University’s Forensic Research Centre.
- Research students have been working on dissertations examining the latent fingerprint corrosion of brass and the subject of fingerprint visualisation on metal surfaces.
- An engineering student undertook research into the composition of lead from church roofs to establish a new forensic technique to link the theft of metal to a suspect.
- Forensic psychologists are working with the Force on examining the relationship between forensic evidence recovery at vehicle crime offences and the deprivation of the home address of the victim
- Seven research papers have been published as a result of this collaborative work. A further eight papers have been accepted for publication.
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