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Books
2021, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney
,2017, Australian Evidence: A Principled Approach to the Common Law and Uniform Acts, 6th edition, LexisNexis, Sydney, https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/product?product=australian-evidence-a-principled-approach-to-the-common-law-and-uniform-acts-6th-edition&meta_F_and=9780409333664
,2015, The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760020262
,2011, Preface
,2010, Australian Evidence: A Principled Approach to the Common Law and the Uniform Acts, Butterworths, Sydney
,, 2004, Expertise in Regulation and Law, Edmond G, (ed.), Ashgate, Aldershot
Book Chapters
2022, 'Fingerprint Evidence and the Limits of Adversarialism in England, Australia and New Zealand', in Ferrer Beltran J; Vazquez C (ed.), Evidential Legal Reasoning Crossing Civil Law and Common Law Traditions, Cambridge University Press, pp. 248 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009032049
,2022, 'Legal Aspects of Forensic Science', in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences: Volume 1-4, Third Edition, pp. 424 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823677-2.00314-7
,2021, 'A proposed solution to the problem of identifying people from CCTV and other images', in Smith AM; Toglia MP; Lampinen JM (ed.), Methods, Measures, and Theories in Eyewitness Identification Tasks, Routledge, pp. 13 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105
,2021, 'A Proposed Solution to the Problem of Identifying People From CCTV and Other Images', in Methods, Measures, and Theories in Eyewitness Identification Tasks, Routledge, pp. 13 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105-4
,2020, 'How Well Do Lay People Comprehend Statistical Statements from Forensic Scientists?', in Handbook of Forensic Statistics, Taylor & Francis, pp. 201 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780367527709-9
,2019, 'Forensic Science Evidence, Adversarial Criminal Proceedings and Mainstream Scientific', in Brown D; Turner I; Weisser B (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process, Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659837.013.39
,2018, 'Re-assessing reliability', in Roberts P; Stockdale M (ed.), Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony: Reliability through Reform, E. Elgar, London, pp. 71 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788111034
,2018, 'Re-assessing reliability', in Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony: Reliability through Reform?, pp. 71 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788111034.00009
,2017, 'Atkins v The Emperor, the ‘cautious’ use of unreliable ‘expert’ opinion', in Expert Evidence and Scientific Proof in Criminal Trials, Routledge, pp. 303 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315094205-10
,2017, 'Knowing experts? Section 79, forensic science evidence and the limits of 'training, study or experience', in Roberts A; Gans J (ed.), Critical Perspectives on the Uniform Evidence Law, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 80 - 80
,2017, 'What have we learned? Lessons from Wrongful Convictions in Canada', in Berger B; Cunliffe E; Stribopoulos J (ed.), To Ensure that Justice is Done: Essays in Memory of Marc Rosenberg, Thomson Reuters, Toronto
,2016, 'Expert evidence and the professional responsibilities of prosecutors’', in Roberts P; Hunter J; Dixon D; Young SNM (ed.), The Integrity of Criminal Process From Theory into Practice, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 225 - 246
,2015, 'Expert analysis: Facial Mapping', in Davis J; Wilson T (ed.), Forensic Facial Identification Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 239 - 267, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118469585.html
,2015, 'Expert Analysis: Facial Image Comparison', in Valentine T; Davis JP (ed.), Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, pp. 239 - 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118469538.ch10
,2015, 'Opinion evidence', in The Trial: Principles, Process and Evidence, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 558 - 603, https://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781760020262
,2015, 'Opinions About Expert Evidence under the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)', in Kumar M; Legg M (ed.), Ten Years of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), Thomson Reuters, pp. 143 - 157, http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/ten-years-of-the-civil-procedure-act-2005-nsw/productdetail/123738
,2014, 'Identification Technologies in Policing and Proof', in Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Springer New York, pp. 2407 - 2419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_263
,2013, 'Legal Aspects of Forensic Science', in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences: Second Edition, pp. 466 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-382165-2.00226-9
,2011, 'Cultural Expertise and Litigation Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives Preface', in Holden L (ed.), CULTURAL EXPERTISE AND LITIGATION: PATTERNS, CONFLICTS, NARRATIVES, ROUTLEDGE, pp. XIX - XXV, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000294840500002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'Preface', in Cultural Expertise and Litigation, Taylor and Francis, pp. xix - xxv, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203818305
,2011, 'Bacon’s Chickens – Re-thinking Law and Science (and Incriminating Expert Opinion Evidence) in Response to Empirical Evidence and Legal Principle', in Gleeson J; Higgins R (ed.), Constituting law: Legal argument and social values, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 137 - 152, http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862878303#bookcontents
,2010, 'Evidence Law', in Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199542475.013.0028
,2010, 'Evidence Law', in Kritzer H; Cane P (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 652 - 678, http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/?view=usa&sf=toc&ci=9780199542475
,2008, 'Pathological Science? Demonstrable Reliability and Expert Pathology Evidence', in Roach K (ed.), Pediatric Forensic Pathology and the Justice System, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Toronto, pp. 96 - 149
,2004, 'Experts and Expertise in Legal and Regulatory Settings', in Expertise in Regulation and Law, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 1 - 31
,2004, 'Judging Facts', in Expertise in Regulation and Law, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 136 - 165
,2004, 'The Invisible Branch', in Expertise in Regulation and Law, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. 197 - 241
,2002, 'Rebels without a cause: Judges, scientific evidence and the uses of causation', in Freckelton I; Mendelson D (ed.), Causation & Law in Medicine, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, UK, pp. 61 - 83
,Journal articles
2024, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part III: Groups of collaborating listeners compared to forensic voice comparison based on automatic-speaker-recognition technology', Forensic Science International, 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112048
,2024, 'The effect of following best practice reporting recommendations on legal and community evaluations of forensic examiners reports', Forensic Science International, 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112034
,2024, 'Trial by Cognitive Ordeal: Irrational Approaches to the Opinions of Investigators, Trial Integrity and Proof', Modern Law Review, 87, pp. 535 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12848
,2024, 'Images, Investigators, Identification, Code D and the Court of Appeal', Journal of Criminal Law, 88, pp. 130 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220183231221865
,2024, 'Understanding ‘error’ in the forensic sciences: A primer', Forensic Science International: Synergy, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2024.100470
,2023, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part II: Investigation of bias in individual listeners’ responses', Forensic Science International, 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111768
,2023, 'A WARNING ABOUT JUDICIAL DIRECTIONS AND WARNINGS', Adelaide Law Review, 44, pp. 194 - 245
,2022, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part I: Individual listeners compared to forensic voice comparison based on automatic-speaker-recognition technology', Forensic Science International, 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111499
,2022, 'Reliability and validity of a quality tool for assessing clinical forensic medicine legal reports', Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102359
,2022, 'Against Jury Comparisons', AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL, 96, pp. 315 - 346, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000809862000005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2022, 'Simply Unconvincing: The High Court on Probative Value and Reliability in the Uniform Evidence Law', Federal Law Review, 50, pp. 104 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0067205X211066140
,2022, 'Latent justice? A review of adversarial challenges to fingerprint evidence', Science and Justice, 62, pp. 21 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2021.10.006
,2021, 'Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0258241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258241
,2021, 'Corrigendum to “Communicating forensic science opinion: An examination of expert reporting practices” [Sci. Justice 60 (3) (2020) 216–224] (Science & Justice (2020) 60(3) (216–224), (S1355030619302102), (10.1016/j.scijus.2019.12.005))', Science and Justice, 61, pp. 449 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2021.04.001
,2021, 'Justice without science? Judging the reliability of forensic science in Canada', The Canadian bar review, 99, pp. 65 - 65
,2021, 'Lay Comprehension of Statistical Evidence: A Novel Measurement Approach', Law and Human Behavior, 45, pp. 370 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000457
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