Institute of Criminal Justice Studies

Profile

Qualifications:

• 2001 - Diploma in Crime Scene Examination - Durham University
• 2004 - MSc in Forensic Archaeology – Bournemouth University
• 2008 - PhD – University of Birmingham

Professional Qualifications:

• 1999 – NPIA - Initial Training Course in Crime Scene Examination
• 2001 – NPIA - Development Course in Crime Scene Examination
• 2004 – Gardiner Associates – Fire Scene Investigation Foundation Course
• 2005 – NPIA - Crime Scene Managers Course
• 2005 – NPIA - Crime Scene Co-ordinators Course
• 2008 - NPIA - Refresher Course in Crime Scene Investigation

Research Interests, Experience and Training

• Crime Scene Examination / Management / Co-ordination
• Forensic Science
• Advances in Forensic Science
• Forensic Archaeology
• Forensic Anthropology
• Fire Scene Investigation
• Firearms Investigation
• The Impact of Technology on Policing
• Pervasive Computing
• Human Factors Methods

Publications

• Baber, C., Smith, P.A., Butler, M. And Hunter, J. 2009, Mobile Technology for Crime Scene Examination. International Journal of Human Cmputer Studies, 67 (5), pp. 411-482
• Smith, P.A., Baber, C., Hunter, J. and Butler, M. 2008, Measuring Team Skills in Crime Scene Examination: Exploring Ad-hoc Teams. Ergonomics, 51 (10), pp. 1463 - 1488
• Baber, C., Cross, J., Smith, P.A and. Robinson, D. 2007, Supporting Implicit Coordination Between Distributed Teams in Disaster Management. In: Mobile Response 2007, International Workshop on Mobile Information Technology for Emergency Response, Fraunhofer, 2007
• Cross, J., Baber, C., Smith P.A., Butler, M.B. and Currie, G. 2007, Multi Platform Crime Scene Investigation Tool. In: ISWC 2007, 11th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, October 11th – 13th, Boston, MA.
• Smith, P.A., Baber, C. and O’Donoghue, B.A. 2007, Technological Integration and How it Affects the Forensic Resource. In: AAFS, 59th Annual Meeting, Forensic Science in a Global Community, February 19th – 24th, 2007, San Antonio, Texas.
• Smith, P.A., Baber, C., Cross, J. and Robinson, D. 2007, Technology for Crime Scene Investigation. In: AAFS, 59th Annual Meeting, Forensic Science in a Global Community, February 19th – 24th, 2007, San Antonio Texas.
• Baber, C., Smith, P.A, Panesar, S., Yang, F. and Cross, J. 2006, Supporting crime scene investigation. In: N. Bryan-Kinns, A. Blandford, P. Curzon and L. Nigay, ed. 2006. People and Computers – Engage, London: Springer-Verlag, pp. 103-116
• Baber, C., Smith, P.A., Cross, J., Hunter, J. and McMaster, R. 2006, Crime scene investigation as distributed cognition, Pragmatics and Cognition 14 (2), pp. 357-385
• Smith, P.A., Baber, C. Cross, J. Hunter, J. and Woolley, S. 2005, MsSAM: Task analysis to support the integration of wearable computer technology into crime scene investigation. Journal of Measurement and Control, 38 (3) pp.83 – 86
• Smith, P.A., Baber, C. Cross, J. Hunter, J. and Woolley, S. 2005, Task analysis for crime scene investigation. In: Contemporary Ergonomics 2005. Taylor & Francis. London.
• Baber, C., Cross, J., and Smith, P.A. 2005, Methods to support shared analysis for mobile investigators. In: International Workshop on Annotation for Collaboration. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, pp.11–20.
• Baber, C. Smith P.A., Cross, J., Zasikowski, D. and Hunter, J. 2005, Wearable Technology for Crime Scene Investigation’. In: Digest of Papers, 9th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 138-142