Office: 221D Morris Hall
Phone: 507-389-1971
Email: james.bailey@mnsu.edu
My Applied Forensics Page
University of Wales, Swansea Ph.D. American Studies, September 2003
Dissertation: Hype, Headlines and High Profile Cases: J. Edgar Hoover, Print Media and the Career Trajectories of Top North Carolina G-Men, 1937-1972
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
M.S. Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, 1975
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
B.S. Degree in Police Science, 1973
Wilson County Technical Institute, Wilson, North Carolina,
A.A.S. Degree in Police Science Technology, 1971
Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, North Carolina; Lead Instructor, 1976 – 2004; Also taught as adjunct lecturer for the University of North Carolina Wilmington from 1992 – 2004. Graduated from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Academy, Raleigh, North Carolina, November 1972 and employed as a special agent from 1972 - 1976 and assigned to the mobile crime lab.
"Examination of Bullet Wipe Patterns for Symmetry" Identification Canada: The Art and Science of Forensic Identification, September 2006, Vol. 29, No.3.
"A Study of Class and Individual Characteristics on .177 Caliber Pellets Fired in a Spring Piston Type Air Rifle," Bailey J.A., Vinci F., Campabasso C., Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner's Journal , Summer 2006 Vol. 38, No.3.
"A Method for Enhancing Gunshot Residue Patterns on Dark and Multicolored Fabrics Compared with the Modified Griess Test," Bailey J.A., Casanova R.S. and Bufkin K., Journal of Forensic Sciences , July 2006, Vol. 51, No. 4.
"Morphological Study of Class and Individual Characteristics Produced by Firing 2500 Cartridges in a .45 Caliber Semi-Automatic Pistol," Vinci F., Falamingo R., Campabasso C., Bailey J.A., Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner's Journal , Fall 2005 Vol. 37, No.5.
"An Analysis of Epidermal Ridges on Ancient Sumerian Tablets," Bailey J.A. and Veenker R.A., Journal of Forensic Identification . September/October 2005, Vol. 55, No. 5.
"Enhancement of Gunshot Residue Patterns on Dark Colored Fabric Using Sodium Hypochlorite," Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner's Journal , Summer 2005 Vol. 37, No. 5.
"Analysis of Bullet Wipe Patterns on Cloth Targets," Journal of Forensic Identification . July/August 2005, Vol. 55, No. 4.
"The Art of Profiling an Historical Case: The Whitechapel Murders, Ripperologist: The Journal of Jack the Ripper, East End and Victorian Studies . May 2005 No. 59.
"Fingerprints From Antiquity: Casting Impressions on Elamite Brick," Minutiae , Summer 2003, Issue 76.
"Review of: A Review of Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification," Journal of Forensic Sciences , March 2003, Vol. 48, No. 2.
"An Evaluation of Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Fingerprint Powder on Ceramic Materials," Journal of Forensic Identification . March/April 2003, Vol. 53, No.2.
"Treatment of Firearms and Ballistic Evidence in Criminal Investigation: Practical Basic Procedures." Campobasso C.P., Bailey J.A. and Vinci F., The Italian Medico-Legal Journal: Med Leg Quad Cam XXIV (3): 721-738, 2002. (Medicina Legale - Quaderni Camerti)
"Tattoos in Investigations: An Experimental Study in Profiling Cases Based on Investigators' Assessments and Interpretations of Tattoo Iconography," Journal of Forensic Identification . September/October 2002, Vol. 52, No. 5.
"Santeria and Palo Mayombe: The Presence of Afro-Cuban Artifacts at Wrightsville Beach," North Carolina Folklore Journal. Summer/Fall 1996, Vol. 43 No. 2.
