Science Serving Justice: Opportunities for Enhancing Integrity in Forensic Science in Africa
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If the law has made you a witness, remain a man [practitioner1] of science. You have no victim to avenge, no guilty or innocent person to convict or save—you must bear testimony within the limits o...
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The ongoing commitment from the global forensic community to improving standards of quality, validity, and professionalism is evident throughout the literature and initiatives emerging from within the industry, along with academia and professional bodies.
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- Authors
- Olckers, A., & Hammatt, Z.
- Affiliations
- DNAbiotec (Pty) Ltd , Pretoria , South Africa
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Corresponding author
- Olckers, Antonel
- Venue
- Forensic Sciences Research
- Published
- 2021-10-02
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 295-302
- ISSN
- 2096-1790 (ISSN-L)
- 2471-1411
- PMC
- PMC8803113
- OpenAlex
- W3217389668
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 16.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Forensic Sciences Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal processes and jurisprudence
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies
- Keywords
- science and law, Africa, forensic practitioners
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