Fred Smith


Faculty Member
Fred Smith
Title: Professor
College: Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
Dept: Forensic Science Department
Phone:203.932.7105
Email: fsmith@newhaven.edu

Office:

300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516


Education

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1978
M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1976
B.A., Antioch College, 1974

Published Books and Articles

  • DA Kidwell, FP Smith. Passive exposure, decontamination procedures, cut-offs, and bias: pitfalls in the interpretation of hair analysis results for cocaine use.  Chapter in: P Kintz (Ed.), Analytical and Practical Aspects of Drug Testing in Hair.  CRC Press, Boca Raton , Florida , 2006.

  • FP Smith, editor. Handbook of Forensic Drug Analysis. Burlington , MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.

  • DA Kidwell, JD Kidwell, F Shinohara, C Harper [graduate student], K Roarty [graduate student], K Bernadt [graduate student], RA McCaulley [graduate student], FP Smith. Comparison of daily urine, sweat, and skin wipes among cocaine users. Forensic Science International 133(1-2): 63-78, 2003.

  • FP Smith, DA Kidwell. Susceptibility of PharmChekTM Drugs of Abuse Patch to environmental contamination. Forensic Science International 116(2-3):89-116, 2001.
  • FP Smith, DA Kidwell. Commentary on Minimal Standards for the Performance and Interpretation of Toxicology Tests in Legal Proceedings, Journal of Forensic Sciences 45(1):237-238, 2000.

Courses Taught

FOR 215

Introduction to Forensic Science

FOR 303

Forensic Science Lab for Non-Majors

FOR 404

Criminalistics with Laboratory

FOR 614

Survey of Forensic Science

FOR 625

Chemistry of Fires and Explosions

FOR 645 

Drug Chemistry and Identification

 

 

 

 



 

 

Other

Dr. Smith's research interests include novel methods of drug testing, reliability of drug testing methods, and the interdiction of traffickers.

 

 

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