Shaping Forensic Science Innovation.
(2010)
Journal Article
Williams, R. (2010). Shaping Forensic Science Innovation
Outputs (29)
The Future of Forensic Bioinformation (2010)
Report
McCartney, C., Williams, R., & Wilson, T. (2010). The Future of Forensic Bioinformation. The Nuffield FoundationA team of academics led by Dr Carole McCartney from Leeds University has identified four principles for the preparation of new legislation into the use foresnic bioinformation by the justice system. The proposals were made following an investigation... Read More about The Future of Forensic Bioinformation.
The Handbook of Forensic Science (2009)
Book
Fraser, J., & Williams, R. (Eds.). (2009). The Handbook of Forensic Science. Willan Publishing
Memorandum to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Sub Committee F (Home Affairs) in response to its inquiry into Interpol (2008)
Other
Wilson, T., & Williams, R. (2008). Memorandum to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Sub Committee F (Home Affairs) in response to its inquiry into Interpol
Genetic Policing: The Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations (2008)
Book
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2008). Genetic Policing: The Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations. Willan Publishing
European Securization and Bioemetric Identification: The Uses of Genetic Profiling (reprinted from Ann 1st Super Sanita 2007) (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2008). European Securization and Bioemetric Identification: The Uses of Genetic Profiling (reprinted from Ann 1st Super Sanita 2007). In M. Bhavani (Ed.), Biometrics: Techno-Legal Issues. Icfai University Press
Policing and Forensic Science (2008)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. (2008). Policing and Forensic Science. In T. Newburn (Ed.), Handbook of Policing (760-793). (2nd). Willan Publishing
The Bioethics of Security (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, R., Barr, M., & Haimes, E. (2008). The Bioethics of Security. Bioethics, 22(9), ii-iii. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00701.x
DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses (2008)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. (2008). DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses. In International Enyclopedia of Life Sciences. (1). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0005859Efforts to identify criminal suspects, victims of crime, those killed in military conflicts and mass fatality casualties are increasingly supported by the availability of databanks holding deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) profiles obtained from known subj... Read More about DNA Databanks and Genomics Research: Forensic and Military (Ab)Uses.
Entries on 'DNA Profiling' and on 'Fingerprints'. (2008)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. (2008). Entries on 'DNA Profiling' and on 'Fingerprints'. In T. Newburn, & P. Neyroud (Eds.), Dictionary of Policing. Willan Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781843925996
European securitization and biometric identification: the uses of genetic profiling (2007)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2007). European securitization and biometric identification: the uses of genetic profiling
Sociology, Ethics, and the Priority of the Particular: learning from a case study of genetic deliberations. (2007)
Journal Article
Haimes, E., & Williams, R. (2007). Sociology, Ethics, and the Priority of the Particular: learning from a case study of genetic deliberations. British Journal of Sociology, 58, 457-476
Trace Biometrics and Criminal Investigations (2007)
Book Chapter
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2007). Trace Biometrics and Criminal Investigations. In T. Newburn, T. Williamsson, & A. Wright (Eds.), Handbook of Criminal Investigation (357-380). Willan Publishing
The Problem of Dust: Forensic Investigation as Practical Action (2007)
Book Chapter
Williams, R. (2007). The Problem of Dust: Forensic Investigation as Practical Action. In S. Hester, & D. Francis (Eds.), Orders of Ordinary Action: Respecifying Sociological Knowledge (195-210). Ashgate Publishing
Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. (2007)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2007). Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union. Policing and Society, 17(2), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460701302669The use of DNA profiling in support of criminal investigations by police forces across the world has expanded remarkably during the last decade. The effectiveness of the world's first national DNA database—the National DNA Database of England & Wales... Read More about Internationalising New Technologies of Crime Control: Forensic DNA Databasing and Datasharing in the European Union..
Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (Reprint of earlier version in special issue 'Symposium on DNA Fingerprinting and Civil Liberties' (2006)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2006). Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (Reprint of earlier version in special issue 'Symposium on DNA Fingerprinting and Civil Liberties'. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 32(2), 234-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00030.x
Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas (2005)
Journal Article
Banks, S., & Williams, R. (2005). Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas. The British Journal of Social Work, 35(7), 1005-1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch199This paper is a preliminary exploration of social welfare practitioners’ accounts of ‘ethically difficult situations’. It describes variations in the ethical vocabulary and form of these accounts. Analysis of practitioners’ own accounts (as opposed t... Read More about Accounting for Ethical Difficulties in Social Welfare Work: Issues, Problems and Dilemmas.
Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations (2005)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2005). Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 33(3), 545-558. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2005.tb00517.xIn the article, “Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations,” Professor Robin Williams and Research Fellow Paul Johnson, of the University of Durham, U.K., prov... Read More about Inclusiveness, Effectiveness and Intrusiveness: Issues in the Developing Uses of DNA Profiling in Support of Criminal Investigations.
Forensic DNA Databasing: A European Perspective (Interim Report) (2005)
Report
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2005). Forensic DNA Databasing: A European Perspective (Interim Report). [No known commissioning body]
Post-Conviction DNA Testing: The UK’s First Exoneration Case? (2004)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2004). Post-Conviction DNA Testing: The UK’s First Exoneration Case?
Circuits of Surveillance (2004)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2004). Circuits of Surveillance
DNA and Crime Investigation: Scotland and the “UK National DNA Database' (2004)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., & Williams, R. (2004). DNA and Crime Investigation: Scotland and the “UK National DNA Database'
Old dilemmas, new contexts: ethical challenges for social welfare practitioners (2004)
Book Chapter
Banks, S., & Williams, R. (2004). Old dilemmas, new contexts: ethical challenges for social welfare practitioners. In J. Radcliffe et.al (Ed.), Dilemmas for Human Services 2003: A post NPM World? Ethics and Risk in a Changing Environment (119-123). University of Staffordshire
Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases (2004)
Journal Article
Williams, R., & Johnson, P. (2004). Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases. New Genetics and Society, 23(2), 205-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463677042000237035The national DNA Database of England & Wales is the largest forensic DNA database in the world. Since 1995 it has quickly developed to hold the genetic profiles of over two million people. This collection of tissue samples, taken without consent from... Read More about Wonderment and Dread: Representations of DNA in Ethical Disputes about Forensic DNA Databases.
Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database (2004)
Report
Williams, R., Johnson., P., & Martin, P. (2004). Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database. Wellcome TrustThe recent incorporation of forensic DNA identification technology into the criminal justice systems of a growing number of countries has been fast and far reaching. In developing and using DNA profiling for forensic purposes many criminal jurisdicti... Read More about Genetic Information and Crime Investigation. Social, ethical and public policy aspects of the establishment, expansion and police use of the National DNA Database.
The Management of Crime Scene Examination in Relation to the Investigation of Burglary and Vehicle Crime (2004)
Report
Williams, R. (2004). The Management of Crime Scene Examination in Relation to the Investigation of Burglary and Vehicle Crime. Home Office
Genetics and forensics: a sociological history of the National DNA Database (2003)
Journal Article
Johnson, P., Martin, P., & Williams, R. (2003). Genetics and forensics: a sociological history of the National DNA Database
Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations (2003)
Journal Article
Williams, R. (2003). Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 515-529. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.515A central feature of the development of sociological knowledge is the formulation and use of "descriptive frames of reference" within which theoretical and empirical work may be critically assessed. This article considers the way in which one such fr... Read More about Residual Categories and Disciplinary Knowledge: Personal Identity in Sociological and Forensic Investigations.
Making Identity Matter (2000)
Book
Williams, R. (2000). Making Identity Matter. sociologypress