At the recent 42nd Fingerprint Society Annual General meeting the merger with The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences was formally completed to form the CSFS Fingerprint Division.

Fingerprint Society members will now receive affiliate level membership to CSFS, which includes online access to the CSFS suite of publications, reduced rates at CSFS events, online access to Science and Justice (back to 1995), 20% discount on Wiley Books, discounted access to Forensic Journals published by Elsevier*, 30% discount on Forensic / Legal Medicine books published by Elsevier, 50% discount on New Scientist publication.

From April 2017 Fingerprint Whorld will now be published electronically and available online through the CSFS website.

Current CSFS members who want to know more and find out how to get involved with the newly formed Fingerprint Division should contact us on info@csofs.org. This is extremely exciting times for both organisations.

From the Chair

This last weekend (31st March / 1st April) we formally dissolved the Fingerprint Society and officially became a Division of The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, the end of one era and the beginning of a new one.

On that Friday, we all retired to bed and on the Saturday the sun still came up, birds still chirped and all was good.

All was good save for the fact I suddenly found myself acting as the new Chairperson for the Fingerprint Division of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, a role that – at the start of the Conference – I never expected to stick my hand up for, but it just felt right to do so during the AGM, equally, I know that I have some ‘big shoes to fill’ over the next year.

We do now have a slightly different structure, and some role titles have gone, but the people haven’t so I do hope that they stay as part of the Division as their input will always be most welcome.

This coming year we are hoping that our new status of being a Division of the CSFS will encourage more people to become members which has to be good.

So, as I said, I have big shoes to fill. I hope I do them justice.

David Goodwin - Chairperson

*To access the additional Elsevier package of journals please complete the application form, which can be found on the members area of the CSFS website.