The Impact of Brexit on the future of UK forensic science and technology

Wilson, Tim (2019) The Impact of Brexit on the future of UK forensic science and technology. Forensic Science International, 302. ISSN 0379-0738

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.06.028

Abstract

This article seeks to assess the prospects of UK forensic science and technology in a post-Brexit world by analysing four interlocking issues: Brexit itself, the evolution of national criminal justice organisational and funding priorities, the increasing interrelationship of science and technology in the forensic domain and the relatively disadvantaged place of forensic science and technology within the contemporary ‘scientific state’ paradigm. The results are generally pessimistic for the likely future of forensic science. This conclusion is reinforced by scepticism about the wisdom of proceeding with Brexit. The article is structured to identify the potential implications of British political decisions on its national forensic science landscape. Some aspects of the analysis are likely to have a wider resonance for international discourse about the future sustainability of forensic science and technology, however, particularly the interface between the globalisation of science and technology with justice.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Brexit, forensic science and technology, international criminal justice cooperation, fiscal austerity, national science policy
Subjects: L200 Politics
M900 Other in Law
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School
Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2019 11:36
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 22:16
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/39874

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