Publications

Stow, K. M. (1994) Direct Lift-Enhancement of Blood Contaminated Shoe Marks by Leucho Malachite Green Impregnated Membranes, Journal of the Forensic Science Society, 1994, 34(4): 241 - 244

 

Stow, K. M. & Price, D. (1998) Method for Stopping the Over Development of Silver Nitrate Treated Finger and Footwear Marks, Fingerprint Whorld, Vol. 24, No. 93, July 1998

 

Stow, K. M. (2003) Focus on Forensics, 'Sticky Fingers', Jane's Police Review, February 2003

 

Stow, K. M. (2004) Best Practice at your Fingertips, Home Office Research Award Publication, 2004

 

Stow, K. M. & McGurry, J. (2006) The Recovery of Finger Marks from Soot Covered Glass Fire Debris, Science & Justice, Volume 46, No. 1 (2006), 3 - 14

 

Stow, K. M. (2008) Focussing on Quality,Fingerprint Whorld, Vol. 34, No. 131, January 2008

 

Stow, K. M. (2010) Bones, Bombs and Booze: An Exploratory Study of the Reliability of Marking Dissertations across Disciplines, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 34(6), 621-639

 

De Alcaraz-Fossoul, J, Mestres Patris, C, Barrot Feixat, C., McGarr, L. Brandelli, D, Stow, K. and Gené Badia, M. (2016) Latent Finger Mark Aging Patterns (Part I): Minutiae Count as One Indication of Degradation, Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 61, Issue 2, 322-333

 

McGarr, L., Stow K.M., Hoskin, P. & New, E (2016) A Preliminary Study of Fingerprint Ridge Detail on Medieval Seals from Hereford Cathedral, Fingerprint Whorld Vol. 41, No. 160, 5-14

De Alcaraz-Fossoul, J, Barrot Feixat, C., Tasker, J., McGarr, L., Stow, K., Carreras-Martin, C., Turnbany Oset, J. and Gene Badia, M. (2016) Latent Fingermark Aging Patterns (Part II): Colour Contrast between Ridges and Furrows as One Indicator of Degradation, Journal of Forensic Sciences (Article accepted and awaiting publication)

Presentations

Dr Karen Stow

Footwear Enhancement Techniques, Forensic Science Society Conference 1993

Importance of Scientific Support within the Police Service, GM Police 1993

Performance Improvement in Police Laboratories, ACPO Fingerprint Conference 2002

Effective use of SuperFume, National Fingerprint Laborator Seminar 2002

Effective use of Superglue Cabinets, IAFS International Conference, France 2002

Digital Imaging – Getting Started, Forensic Science Society Conference 2002

Success at your Fingertips,Key Note ACPO National Laboratory Conference 2004

Footwear Mark Enhancement Techniques, Fingerprint Society Conference 2004

Fingerprint Techniques in Fire Scenes, Teesside Fire Investigation Conference 2005

Success at your Fingertips re-visited, ACPO National Laboratory Conference 2006

ISO17025 Lessons Learnt from a Single Force, Forensic Regulators Conference 2010

ISO17025 Lessons Learnt from a Single Force, South Wales ACPO Meeting 2011

 

Luke McGarr 

National Fingerprint Elimination Policy, ACPO National Fingerprint Board 2006

National Fingerprint Elimination Policy, ACPO National CSI Board 2006

Review of the Ident 1 Service Desk,IDENT1 User Board 2006

Derbyshire's move to Forensic Identification, ACPO National Fingerprint Conference 2007

Glove Mark Identification, ACPO National Fingerprint Conference 2008

Glove Mark Identification, Fingerprint Society Conference, Wolverhampton 2011

Contextual bias, Forensic Science Society Conference York 2012

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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