About the Author

• Author: James G. Wigmore
• Pages: 561-561

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About the Author

James G. Wigmore worked as a forensic alcohol toxicologist at one of

the foremost laboratories in North America—the Centre of Forensic

Sciences, in Toronto, Ontario—from  until his retirement in .

He obtained his honors B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in . He

is a designated analyst under section () of the Criminal Code of Can-

ada and was a member of the national advisory board, the Alcohol Test

Committee (which advises the federal Department of Justice on breath

and blood alcohol testing), from  to . Wigmore has testif‌ied in

over  criminal trials at various levels of court as well as civil and

coroner cases, and has published more than  articles in the f‌ield of

forensic alcohol toxicology. He was the recipient in October  of the

most prestigious award of the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences,

the Derome Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the

f‌ield of forensic science. In , Wigmore became a faculty member of

the Center of Studies for Law in Action, and he lectures at the Borken-

stein Course at Indiana University i n Bloomington, Indiana .