1. Introduction : understanding forensic science through social research
2. Forensics in the media : representations and 'realities'
3. Shaping forensic science as discipline and profession
4. Evaluating and organizing forensic science and practice
5. Reconstructing a reconstructive science : probability and performativity in forensic investigation
6. Law-science interactions and new technology
7. Forensic technology, ethics and society
8. Pathways of forensic innovation
9. The possible future relations between forensic science and social research.