10/12/2012· Child Witch Phenomenon
Statement of Guiding Principles and Best Practice for Working with Children Stigmatised as 'Witches'
By: Gary Foxcroft
The rights of an increasing number of children around the world are being violated due to the belief in child 'witches'. Widespread cases have been highlighted in African countries such as DRC, Angola and, most recently, Nigeria.
8/10/2012· Child Witch Phenomenon
Report on Accusations of Witchcraft Against Children in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
By: Gary Foxcroft
This report has been prepared by the UK-based charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria in collaboration with those of our Nigerian partner organisations who specifically work on the issue of witchcraft accusations against children: Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), Stepping Stones Nigeria Child Empowerment Foundation (SSNCEF) and Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD).
7/31/2010· Fires & Explosions
Have We Sparked Our Last Home Fire?
By: Gene Haynes
Every year there are thousands of home fires all across the nation due to faulty household electrical wiring. There are an annual average of 110 electrical fires a day as a result of frayed wires, loose electrical connections, broken extension cords, faulty switches and outlets and other common sources.
12/4/2013· Mediation
By: Geoffrey M. Beresford Hartwell
International Commercial Arbitration, the chosen basis of the annual Willem Vis Moot, is arguably not au fond a process at law. It is quite simply the performance of an agreement between two parties to have a chosen third party hear and determine some difference between them.
10/24/2013· Digital Forensics
Imaging Forensics: Countering Bad Science
By: George Reis
When attorneys get a copy of opposing counsel's expert reports, sometimes they are quite surprised by what they read - it's just bad science. And, in these cases they will then retain their own expert to counter, and possibly quash, the other experts opinion. I've been retained in numerous cases to do this, and I'll discuss four to illustrate the benefit this has, and to help illustrate the kind of work that I do.
7/22/2011· Forensics
Imaging Forensics: Is Your Expert An Expert?
By: George Reis
On a recent case opposing counsel hired a forensic photographer. The case involved an accident at night in which visibility was a key factor.
9/14/2011· Digital Forensics
Imaging Forensics: In Photography and Video - We Want the Original Images
By: George Reis
It always surprises me how often retaining attorneys send me digital copies of scanned color laser prints of photos in PDF format, or transcoded video files to do an analysis.
11/8/2011· Digital Forensics
Imaging Forensics: So, What's the Story on Resolution?
By: George Reis
My post on Synchronizing Video has generated a few comments related to image resolution. Three people, all of whom have a significant background in forensic imaging, have made rather divergent comments. Multiple topics are being addressed, from crime scene, accident and evidence photography to latent print photography to SWGFAST guidelines/requirements to the resolution of video security camera systems.
3/21/2012· Forensics
Imaging Forensics: When to hire an expert
By: George Reis
I was recently retained on a civil case just a month before the trial date. When called about the case, I was told that the firm never thought of hiring a forensic photographer until one showed up in opposing counsel’s expert list. In this case, I needed to photograph the scene of an accident to depict what could be seen from a specific perspective, at a specific time of day, under specific lighting conditions.
7/27/2012· Crime Scene Investigation
New Crime Scenes - Same Old Problems
In 1989, I heard Dr. Henry Lee speak at a homicide conference in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Lee is currently the Connecticut Department of Public Safety Commissioner and, perhaps, the most famous forensic scientist in the world.
Chief Medical Physicist & RSO
