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James M. Adcock, PhD

   Dr. Adcock has over 33 years experience investigating and evaluating death cases all over the world.  He is presently semi-retired living in Hattiesburg, MS, writing and consulting.  Previously Dr. Adcock spent eleven years at the  University of New Haven where he taught basic and advanced criminal investigation for both the undergraduate and for the forensic science graduate programs.  He also designed and taught a Death Investigation course for both levels.  After the University of New Haven, 2008-2009, Dr. Adcock moved to Columbia, MD where he taught at Coppin State University in Baltimore and designed for them certificate programs in Forensic Investigations at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
   After spending over twenty years as a criminal investigator with the US Army, Dr. Adcock became the Chief Deputy Coroner of Investigations in Columbia, SC.  During this six year period he conducted certified law enforcement training throughout the southeast while he attended the University of South Carolina to obtain his doctorate. 
   While at the University of New Haven, he became a fellow of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Sciences.  It is here that he conducted certified training for law enforcement officers from all over the country regarding death investigation and initiating cold case investigations.  He also led numerous teams of forensic science graduate students in the evaluation of unresolved homicides from police departments located in Connecticut, New York and Tennessee.
   Besides being very active in education and training, Dr. Adcock is also a fellow and former (2008-2009) Vice-President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS).  
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Email: jmadcock@jma-forensics.com