Daubert skews the contribution of forensic science because it only took into account its Galilean dimension (construction general predictive models). However, should better be classified in historical sciences (clinical approach to reconstruct a past event presence or activity). We therefore need complementary that integrates necessarily “clinical” part resolution issues. Such an evolution invo...

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) was organized in 1969, in large part through the efforts of Dr. Jonas Rappeport. The founders of AAPL emphasized that an important purpose of the organization was to advance knowledge in the area of psychiatry and the law. The science of forensic psychiatry has since been vigorously debated. In 2005, Congress enacted a statute authorizing th...

Abstract Using forensic soil science and geology as trace evidence searches for burials is the theme of papers in this Special Publication. The concept design volume was initially established by International Union Geological Sciences, Initiative on Forensic Geology, which successfully brought together geologists, scientists, police officers law enforcement agents investigation crimes. In intro...