Professor Jim Fraser

Jim Fraser is Director of the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Forensic Science. He is Associate Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, past President of the Forensic Science Society and a member of the European Academy of Forensic Science. He has extensive experience as an expert witness in criminal courts in the UK and has been involved in many high profile cases e.g. Robert Black,  Stephen Downing, Michael Stone, Damilola Taylor.Shirley McKie and Rachel Nickell.

Professor Fraser has significant experience in strategic and policy matters in relation to forensic science in the UK and internationally. He has advised a range of agencies on forensic, scientific and investigative matters, including the Association of Chief Police Officers, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, the Home Office and the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments. 

His main areas of Teaching and research focus on the relationship between science and law and the contribution of science to criminal justice. He is a member of the editorial board of Problems in Forensic Science, the Royal Statistical Society Working Group on Statistics and the Law and the EPSRC PeerReviewCollege.