{"product_id":"ensuring-competent-performance-in-forensic-practice-9780849333583","title":"Ensuring Competent Performance in Forensic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Need for Professional Competence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all the attention given to the forensic sciences in the media and the law, there is a glaring deficiency in the promotion of standards of competence. In the midst of fascinating scientific advances in the field, forensic science still suffers embarrassments from highly publicized scientific controversies and shoddy or fraudulent practices. The enactment of the Daubert ruling, which questions the qualification of a scientific âœexpertâ, demonstrates the courtsâ attempt to regulate a profession that ought to be self-regulating. Libraries of books on technique can do nothing to promote forensic science without common governing standards of practice that ensures professional competence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCommon Ground\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book of its kind, \u003cb\u003eEnsuring Competent Performance in Forensic Practice: Recovery, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting \u003c\/b\u003epromotes a common understanding of competence and demonstrates the application\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“... put a lot of information into a workable format for many forensic users...gave me a lot to think about. ... well written and informative; I will recommend to our membership in AFQAM.” \u003cbr\u003e — Jana Champion, Director. Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory, and President, Association of Forensic Quality Assurance Managers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDefining Forensic Science. Standards. Generic Standards. \u003cbr\u003eUse of Standards. Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP). Skills for Justice. Appendix 1:Occupational Mapping Study for the Forensic Science Sector. Appendix 2:Recovery of Material of Evidential Value—Laboratory Based. Appendix 3:Seventy-Eight Uses of Occupational Standards. Appendix 4:Professional Standards of Competence (National Occupational Standards in Forensic Science). Appendix 5:Competency Assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406220468567,"sku":"9780849333583","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780849333583.jpg?v=1730494984","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ensuring-competent-performance-in-forensic-practice-9780849333583","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}