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Fred Smith

University of New Haven: Faculty

University of New Haven: Faculty University of New Haven: Faculty University of New Haven: Faculty
University of New Haven: FacultyUniversity of New Haven: Fred Smith University of New Haven: Faculty
University of New Haven: Faculty
University of New Haven: Faculty Fred Smith
University of New Haven: Faculty University of New Haven: Faculty
Title: Professor
University of New Haven: Faculty University of New Haven: Faculty
College: Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
Dept: Forensic Science
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.

TFP 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.