ABSTRACT
[T]he expanding use of scientific expertise in criminal process is (in both senses) a progressive and irresistible fact of modern life, and […] its impact is likely only to increase for the foreseeable future. Criminal proceedings inevitably reflect their broader social environment (as well as helping to shape that social context in some measure), so it is hardly surprising that, as science and technology have come to exert a pervasive influence on all aspects of modern society, their forensic applications have undergone a correspondingly rapid expansion (Roberts 2002: 254–255).
