Carol Henderson - Publications
Professor of Law and Director, National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law
B.A., University of Florida
J.D., George Washington University
Courses:
Evidence, Scientific Evidence
Books and Book Chapters
Expert Witness: Qualifications and Testimony (co-author Kurt W. Lenz) in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (2d ed., Wiley & Sons) (2012).
Legal Issues Concerning Expert Evidence and Testimony, in The Forensic Laboratory Handbook: Procedures and Practice (Askrof Mozayani and Carla Noziglia, eds) (2d ed. Humana Press 2011).
The Future of Evidence: How Science and Technology Will Change the Practice of Law (ABA 2011) (co-edited with Jules Epstein).
Legal Issues Concerning Expert Evidence and Testimony, in The Forensic Laboratory Handbook: Procedures and Practice, 2d Ed. (Mozayani & Noziglia, ed. (2010) (co-author Kurt W. Lenz).
Foreword to "Postfazione" in Scienze Forensi: Teoria e Prassi Dell'investigazione Scientifica (Massimo Picozzi & Alberto Intini, eds.) (2009).
Malpractice Actions Against Experts (co-author K.W. Lenz), in Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, (Jamieson & Moenssens ed, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK, May 2009).
Expert Witnesses: Selection and Investigation of Credentials (co-author K.W. Lenz), in Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science pp 1013-1019 (Jamieson & Moenssens ed., John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK 2009).
Annual update to Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases, (Foundation Press 2009)
Foreword in Henry C. Lee, Elaine Pagliaro & Katherine Ramsland, The Real World of A Forensic Scientist: Renowned Experts Reveal What it Takes to Solve Crimes (October 2009).
Expert Witnesses: Malpractice in Expert Behavior, in Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (John Wiley 2008) (co-author Kurt Lenz).
Expert Witnesses: Selection and Investigation of Credentials, in Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science
(forthcoming 2008) (co-author Kurt Lenz).
Scientific Evidence Resources on the Web, in Scientific Evidence Review 8 (forthcoming ABA 2008)
(monograph).
Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Case (5th ed., West Publg. 2007) (co-authored).
Editor, Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Jason Payne-James et al. eds., 2d ed., Elsevier Academic
Press 2005).
Expert Witness: Qualifications, Testimony and Malpractice, in Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine
(Jason Payne-James et al. eds., Elsevier Academic Press 2005).
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Bloodstain Pattern Evidence, in Scientific and Legal Applications of Bloodstain
Pattern Interpretation (Stuart James eds., 2d ed., CRC 2005) (co-author Brittan Mitchell).
Expert Witness: Qualifications and Testimony, in Scientific Evidence Review: Admissibility and Use of Expert
Evidence in the Courtroom (ABA, Sci. & Tech. Sec. 2003).
Expert Witness: Qualifications and Testimony, in Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (Jay A. Siegel et al. eds.,
Elsevier Academic Press 2000).
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Bloodstain Pattern Evidence, in Scientific and Legal Applications of Bloodstain
Pattern Interpretation (Stuart James ed., CRC 1998).
Articles
President's Message, Academy News (American Academy of Forensic Sciences), Vol. 39 Issue 1 (Jan./Feb. 2009).
President's Editorial--AAFS and Forensic Science: The Next 60 Years, 54 J. Forensic Sciences 5 (Jan. 2009).
President's Message, 38 Acad. News (Newsltr. of Am. Acad. of Forensic Sci.) 1 (May/June 2008).
President's Message, 38 Acad. News 1 (Mar./Apr. 2008).
How to Select an Expert, Advice from Experts that Study Experts, 2 Expert Alert (ABA Litig. Sec.) 1 (Winter
2006) (co-author Diana Botluk).
American Association for the Advancement of Science Court-Appointed Scientific Experts Project, Broadly
Speaking 1 (Mar. 2001).
U.S. Juror Studies and A.A.A.S. Court-Appointed Scientific Experts (CASE) Project Bear Watching by Expert
Witnesses in the U.K., MDDUS J. 6 (Autumn 2000).
The Expert Witness in the Twenty First Century (Abstract), 6 J. Clinical Forensic. Med. 185 (1999).
Special Communication, 43 J. Forensic Sci. 241 (1998).
Forensic Science Focus in U.S. Legal Journals and at Law Meetings, Forensic Bull. (Austrl.) 4 (Nov. 1997).
Presentation, Forensic Evidence Post O.J. The Big Squeeze? (Austrl. Sept. 8-13, 1996), in Proceedings of the
13th Australian & New Zealand International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (1997).
Presentation, "Legal Issues and New Forensic Technologies," Applying New Technologies to Forensic Science
Symposium (Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 26-30, 1996), in Current Topics in Forensic Science, Proceedings of the 14th
Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Sciences, vol. 2, 50 (1997).
Presentation, Quality Forensic Science for All: An American Perspective (Austrl. Sept. 8-13, 1996), in
Proceedings of the 13th Australian & New Zealand International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (1997).
What's Happening Overseas, Forensic Bull. (Austrl.) 16 (Dec. 1997).
Inspector General's Report on FBI Lab Causes a Stir: What Fallout for the Forensic Sciences? Forensic Bull.
(Austrl.) 11 (June 1997).
Attorneys' Goals and Methods of Cross Examination, 5 Fire Findings 7 (Spring 1997).
Legal and Ethical Considerations in Using Expert Witnesses in Litigation, 22 The Advocate (Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar) 4 (November 1995).
What's Happening Overseas, 5 National Institute of Forensic Sciences News 8
(Australia October 1995).
Legal Responsibilities and Liabilities as an Expert Witness, 66 Miami Medicine 19 (May
1995).
Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases, with Moenssens, Starrs and Inbau,
Foundation Press (1995).
What's Happening Overseas, 2 National Institute of Forensic Sciences News 8
(Australia September 1994).
Legal and Ethical Considerations in Using Expert Witnesses in Litigation, 4 Shepard's Expert and Scientific Evidence Quarterly 717 Vol. 1 (Spring 1994).
Legal and Ethical Issues Affecting Latent Print Identification, Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Latent Prints, May 1993,
Laboratory Division, FBI, U.S. Govt. Printing Office.
Expert Witness Malpractice: An International Perspective, 8 Advances in Forensic Sciences (Proceedings of the 13th Meeting of the International Association of Forensic
Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany, August 22-28, 1993) (1995).
Is it Just Grime or a Crime: The Real Dirt on the Legal Aspects of Trace Evidence,
Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Forensic Aspects of Trace Evidence, June 24-28, 1991, Laboratory Division, F.B.I., U.S. Government Printing
Office (1993).
Are 'Knife-Prints' Reliable Evidence: An Analysis of Tool Mark Evidence and Ramirez v.
State, Vol. 25 No. 4 Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners Journal
266 (Oct. 1993).
Admissibility of Accident Reconstruction Evidence, Vol 5, No. 5 Accident Reconstruction Journal 24 (Sept./Oct. 1993) (partial reprint of Traffic Accident reconstruction: Legal Issues in the 1990s, Institute of Police Technology and
Management, University of North Florida 1991 with C.J. Trocino.)
Expert Witness Malpractice: A Solution to the Problem of the Negligent Expert Witness,
42 Defense Law Journal 195 (Summer 1993) (reprint of 12 Mississippi College Law Review 39 [1992]).
Forensic Science and Legal Education: Laboratories Can Join With Law Schools To
Educate Our Future Lawyers, 19 Crime Laboratory Digest 103 (October 1992).
Expert Witness Malpractice: A Solution to the Problem of the Negligent Expert Witness,
12 Mississippi College Law Review 39 (1992).
Traffic Accident Reconstruction: Legal Issues in the 1990's, with C.J. Trocino,
Institute of Police Technology and Management, University of North Florida (1992).
Letters Forum: Forensic Labs, 5 Hardvard Journal of Law and Technology 1 (Fall
1991).
Scientific Evidence: 1990 Survey of Florida Law, 15 Nova University Law Review
1253 (Spring 1991).
Ethical Issues in the Forensic Sciences, 31 Journal of the Forensic Science Society
163 (April/June 1991).
Jurisprudence Section and Program News, 21 Academy News 6, American Academy of
Forensic Sciences (March 1991).
Practice Aids: Expert Testimony and AFIS, 22 BNA Criminal Practice Manual 516
(1990).
Investigation, Documents and Experts, 21 BNA Criminal Practice Manual 426
(1990).
Expert Witness Malpractice?,1 Expert Evidence Reporter 267 (June 1990).
Special Code of Professionalism Proposed to Govern Attorneys' Professional
Associations with Expert Witnesses, 20 Academy News 1, American Academy of
Forensic Sciences (June 1990) (excerpted from 1 Expert Evidence Reporter 242).
Special Code of Professionalism Proposed to Govern Attorneys' Professional
Associations with Expert Witnesses, 1 Expert Evidence Reporter 242 (May 1990).
The Legal Aspects of Drug Analysis, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Forensic Aspects of Controlled Substances, March 28 - April 1, 1988,
Laboratory Division, FBI, U.S. Government Printing Office (1990) (Synopsis of panel
discussion).
Police Fraud and Prosecutorial Complicity, (Part 2), 14[2] Scientific Sleuthing Review 15 (Spring 1990). (Reprinted in 10 National District Attorneys Association Catalog 13 [1991]).
Police Fraud and Prosecutorial Complicity, 14 Scientic Sleuthing Review 5 (Winter
1990). (Reprinted in 10 National District Attorneys Association Catalog 5
[1991]).
How to Select A Forensic Expert (Civil),16 The Advocate 6 (April 1990).
How to Select a Forensic Expert (Criminal),4 Criminal Justice Magazine 18 (Fall
1989).
Selected Forensic and Physical Evidence Experts, 8 National District Attorneys Association Catalog 5 (November/December 1989) (excerpted from 4 Criminal Justice Magazine 18).
Arsenic and the Toxicology Lab that Was, (with James Starrs), 13 Scientific Sleuthing Review 1 (Winter 1989).
Determination of Fact: A Primer on Proof, with Richard Myren (Brooks/Cole
Publishing 1988).
Modification of the American Jury System: A Solution for Court Delay,
(Proceedings of the American Society of Criminology 1977).
Businessmen's Handbook on Release Programs for Ex-Offenders, written for the
National Alliance of Businessman in connection with the National Law Center's Clinical
Studies in Urban Law Program.
Criminal Trial Manual, (editor), U.S.A.O., Washington, D.C. (1982).
