Presentations:

International Association for Identification Miami, Florida 2002: Ethics in Forensics (Summing up Speech)

Rocky Mountain Division of the IAI , Breckenridge, Colorado 2003: Terrorism through the ages.

Charlton D, Ethics and morals in biometric science, (2003), Association for Biometrics AGM, London.

Royal Society Edinburgh 2004: The Reliability of Fingerprint Evidence.

Dror, I. E., Charlton, D., & Peron, A.E. (2004). Evaluating ‘scientific’ evidence for the court: What contributing factors are really involved in fingerprint identification. International Centre for Advanced Research in Identification Science (ICARIS). Sheffield.


Dror, I. E., Peron, A.E., & Charlton, D. (2004). Psychological factors involved in fingerprint identification. Autumn Conference of the Forensic Science Society.


Charlton, D., Peron, A.E., & Dror, I. E., (2004). The interplay of perceptual and cognitive elements in fingerprint identification: When higher-level cognition can facilitate or hinder fingerprint matching. International Biometric Society, British Region Annual Meeting. Royal Statistical Society, London.


Peron, A.E., Dror, I. E., Hind, S.L, & Charlton, D. (2004). Decision making processes involved in fingerprint identification: The influence of emotional context on finding a match. 14th International Forensic Science Symposium.

Charlton D, The History of Fingerprints (2004), NEC Corporate event. The launch of the new laptop fingerprints reader, London.


Dror, I. E., Charlton, D. (2005). The vulnerability of fingerprint science and potential pitfalls in the identification process. How can they be addressed and overcome?
Fingerprint Society Meeting. Brighton.

Charlton D, (2005), Anatomy of a Tsunami and the DVI response. Cogent User Group Conference. Washington DC.

Charlton D, (2005), The history of Fingerprint Science and it’s effect on the future of biometrics. Royal Society Medicine, London.

Charlton D, (2006), Logistical and technical issues when dealing with mass disaster. International Symposium on Advances in Fingerprint Technology. University of Delhi, India.

Charlton D, (2006), McKie to Mayfield…a journey to extinction for latent print examination as a reliable science? Or an opportunity to reinforce it’s validity. International Symposium on Fingerprint science. De-Paul University of Law, Chicago, USA.

Charlton D, (2007), Is the Number Up for Fingerprint Science? (The Motivations of a Fingerprint Examiner). CIS Educational Conference Montreal, Canada.

Charlton D, (2008), The ‘Wahey’ Moment (The Motivations of Forensic Examiners). The 2008 National Laboratories Conference, Manchester, UK.