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1 Med. Sci. & L. 1 (1960-1961)

handle is hein.journals/mdsclw1 and id is 1 raw text is: MEDICINE SCIENCE and the LAW Vol. I October 1960 No. i EDITORIAL By contrast with progress in other scientific fields the forensic sciences in this country have suffered from apathy and ignorance which has sometimes resulted in retrogression. Determined to reverse this process a number of those whose work lies in the courts and who are concerned with assisting the course of justice, not merely in the criminal courts but also in civil actions, came together to form the British Academy of Forensic Sciences with Dr. Leon Radzinowicz, Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University, as the first President. The objects of the Academy are to encourage the study, improve the practice and advance the knowledge of the forensic sciences. Its purpose is to provide a common ground on which the members of the professions concerned can meet and, by discussion, see their own work from other aspects. The Academy therefore provides a cross-fertilisation of minds, for which there was no real opportunity before, and by its special committee and in its meetings, it will foster research and education in the belief that new advances can be so achieved and in order to encourage a greater awareness in all scientists of the importance of forensic science. The Academy is alive to the importance of a proper professional standard amongst its members, and in order to maintain this standard a special Ethics Committee has been formed. One way of furthering the Academy's objects is to publish suitable material of a high standard and that this Journal now sets out to do. It takes its name from the three sections of the Academy and will devote its pages each quarter to presenting articles and I

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