http://www.afr.org.uk/index/news-app News from www.afr.org.uk en 2008-08-29T04:28:47300:10 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.afr.org.uk/index/news-app/story.183/title.political-changes-influence-forensic-science-in-colombia While by size and population Colombia is small in comparison to the U.S., it is one of the most violent countries in the world. Recently, Colombia has been successful in reducing the crime rate. How has this occurred now? Significant change can occur when divergent forces come together. Laurie Sperling,and Gabriela Kleiman report in Forensic Magazine General 2008-08-06 http://www.afr.org.uk/index/news-app/story.182/title.university-college-dublin-hosts-forensic-imaging-weekend International Forensic Imaging Symposium Friday 4th July – Sunday 6th July 2008. Hosted by the University College Dublin (UCD)in association with the Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation Therapy, The Inforce Foundation with Cranfield University and Quinnipiac University, USA Press Releases 2008-07-18 http://www.afr.org.uk/index/news-app/story.180/title.prof-gil-brogdon-announced-as-keynote-speaker-for-dublin-conference Practical Approaches to Imaging in Forensic Investigation 4th – 6th July 2008 UCD Health Sciences Building Dublin, Ireland The organisers are delighted to announce that Professor Gil Brogdon, the Emeritus Professor of Radiology at the University of Southern Alabama,  one of the foremost experts in forensic radiology for several decades and author of "Forensic Radiology" will be the keynote speaker on this course. For further details please see the entry in July's  events calendar. General 2008-06-17 http://www.afr.org.uk/index/news-app/story.181/title.annual-general-meeting-20th-september-2008 The AFR AGM will be held on 20th September 2008 in London. Further details will be announced shortly. General 2008-06-08 http://www.afr.org.uk/index/news-app/story.179/title.college-of-radiographers-and-afr-publish-new-forensic-radiography-guidelines United Kingdom Radiological Congress, Birmingham, UK Monday 2nd June 2008 The Society and College of Radiographers today published new guidelines for forensic radiography.  The guidance document, "Guidance for Radiographers Providing Forensic Radiography Services" has been produced in collaboration with the Association of Forensic Radiographers and replaces the previous 1998 guidance. The document has been completly revised and rewritten and includes several new sections. It is published in interactive format on the members section of the SCoR website www.sor.org and in pdf format on the members section of the AFR website.  For further information click here. If you are logged in to this site as an AFR member, please click here to access the guidelines document. General 2008-06-02