Reimaging Forensic Sciences – Outcomes, Challenges and New Approaches

Dear Colleagues,

The present Special Issue aims to collect high-quality submissions from the research field of forensic sciences. We encourage researchers from various fields within the journal’s scope to contribute papers highlighting the latest developments in their work or to invite relevant experts and colleagues to do so. The focus of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to: forensic medicine; forensic psychiatry; forensic anthropology; forensic pathology; forensic ballistics; forensic biomechanics; forensic chemistry; and forensic genetics.

With this Special Issue, we hope to stimulate futher interest in this area, provide new research perspectives and draw attention to the challenges and innovative approaches in the field of forensics, including all its subfields.

This Special Issue will provide a valuable resource for forensic sciences and aims to establish a network for professionals from different forensic areas through which to exchange their latest practices and research in the field. All professionals are invited to submit their theoretical and/or applied research.

Dr. Mădălina Maria DIAC
Dr. Cristina Furnica
Prof. Dr. Diana Bulgaru-Iliescu
Dr. Elena F. Kranioti
Guest Editors

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