RENOWNED US CRIMINALIST HENRY LEE HOLDS LECTURE IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Jan 17 (Hina) - Leading world criminalist Henry Lee on Thursday visited the Croatian Police Directorate headquarters, where he held a lecture for members of the Crime Police Department and experts from the Interior Ministry's Centre for Forensic Criminology. After touring the "Ivan Vucetic" forensic criminology centre, Lee told reporters the Croatian police had made great progress in the past 15 years, primarily with regard to technology and senior personnel. He said the state police in Connecticut and the Croatian Interior Ministry would continue their very good cooperation in the field of training. As part of this cooperation project, Lee granted his copyright for the translation of his books for the needs of the Interior Ministry. During a three-hour lecture, Lee informed the police about the use and development of modern technologies in discovering crime traces and the basics of forensic science and its application in criminology. Henry Lee holds an honorary doctor's degree in science at four US universities and is a member of 21 scientific organisations and the founder of the Institute for Forensic Science. He lectures at 17 universities and has won numerous awards. He is the editor of 11 specialised magazines and more than 200 scientific works and 37 books. Lee will speak about his best-seller "Crime Scene" at Zagreb's hotel Opera this evening. (hina) rml