On the Front Line: New Frontiers in Forensics, Crime and Security

The Ultimate CSI Event

Meet the pioneering forensic, crime and security scientists -- the real-life versions of characters like Horatio Caine and Temperance Brennan at the awe-inspiriting Royal Institution.

Here's a current list of the several talks and demonstrations to be featured in quick succession on the day:


PUT A RING ON IT
The art of forensic jewellery analysis and disaster victim identification

DECODED
The dazzling mathematics of cryptanalysis

BY NATURE
The influence of the environment on criminal behaviour

THE SMOKING GUN
The science of gunshot residue and transfer patterns

MIND OVER MATTER
Group dynamics, developmental pathways and behavioural characteristics of terrorism

THE RIGHT TOUCH
Explorations and evaluations of transfer DNA evidence

A GRIM PUZZLE
The distribution of tissue fragments after an explosive event