Front cover -- FORENSIC SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: FORENSIC SCIENCE: CELEBRATED AND VILIFIED -- WHAT IS FORENSIC SCIENCE, ANYWAY? -- NATURAL SCIENCE VS. APPLIED SCIENCE -- WITHSTANDING THE TEST OF TIME -- THE SCIENCE WARS -- HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE IS CELEBRATED AND VILIFIED -- IS FORENSIC SCIENCE BROKEN? EXPERTS HAVE THEIR SAY -- THE NEEDS OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMUNITY -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER 2: THE STAKEHOLDERS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: ROLES, PERSPECTIVES, AND EXPECTATIONS -- THE STAKEHOLDERS -- COLLABORATION IN ACTION: THE COURTROOM WORKGROUP -- THE OVERLOOKED STAKEHOLDER? -- ON COMMON GROUND: THE COURTROOM TRIAL -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 3: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE U. S. FORENSIC LABORATORY SYSTEM -- THE EVIDENCE: GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 4: THE U. S. FORENSIC LABORATORY SYSTEM UNDER SIEGE -- THE DIRTY DOZEN: COMMON CHARGES LEVIED AGAINST LABS -- THE TALES OF TWO LABS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER 5: THE REALITY OF THE U. S. FORENSIC LABORATORY SYSTEM -- CRIME LAB FUNDING -- HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES -- NEEDS ASSESSMENTS OF FORENSIC LABORATORIES -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 6: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE U. S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM -- ROLE CALL: THE CAST OF CHARACTERS IN MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION -- PLAYING BY THE (REAL) RULES OF MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 7: THE U.S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM UNDER SIEGE -- A "HUMAN" SCIENCE? -- THE PROBLEM OF THE "COWBOY" EXAMINER -- THE EVERYDAY CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8: THE REAL STORY OF THE U.S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM.

THE HISTORY OF ME AND CORONER SYSTEMS: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME, OR SECOND VERSE, SAME AS THE FIRST -- NEW ATTENTION TO OLD ISSUES -- A PATCHWORK OF JURISDICTIONS -- ALL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL: MAKING A CASE FOR AND AGAINST THE CORONER -- COMPARING MEDICAL EXAMINER AND CORONER SYSTEMS -- THE VALUE OF FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE -- INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, BIOTERRORISM, MASS DISASTERS, AND HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES -- FEDERAL SUPPORT OF MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES AND AGENCIES -- THE QUALITY OF MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES -- QUALITY OF SERVICE AND ACCREDITATION OF MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES -- THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES -- OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES -- EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- CONTINUING EDUCATION -- TRAINING FOR MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS -- ASSESSING FORENSIC PATHOLOGY PROGRAMS REVEALS VITAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- FUNDING OF THE U.S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM -- MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES AND FORENSIC LABORATORIES: A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- ENDNOTE -- CHAPTER 9: THE COURTS: BATTLEFIELD FOR THE TRUTH AND A CHANGING PARADIGM -- THE PARADIGM SHIFT -- THE SHIFTY PARADIGM -- SCIENCE AND THE LAW: CLASH OF THE TITANS -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 10: NOT ALL SCIENCE IS CREATED EQUAL -- DO WE UNDERSTAND SCIENCE? -- DO WE UNDERSTAND SCIENTISTS? -- WHAT IS SCIENCE? -- EXPECTATIONS OF SCIENCE -- COMPARING SCIENCE AND THE LAW -- THE AGE OF JUNK SCIENCE -- PSEUDO-SCIENCE: WILL WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT? -- THE DEFINITION OF PSEUDO-SCIENCE -- THE SCIENCES MOST UNDER SIEGE: THE PATTERN IDENTIFICATION SCIENCES -- WHERE'S THE SCIENCE? THE IDENTIFICATION COMMUNITY ANSWERS BACK -- FINGERPRINTS AND CASE LAW -- THE NEEDS OF THE IDENTIFICATION SCIENCES COMMUNITY -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING.

ENDNOTE -- CHAPTER 11: DNA: CONVICTING THE GUILTY, EXONERATING THE INNOCENT -- DNA TYPING -- TRIAL ISSUES RELATED TO DNA -- TRENDS IN THE ADMISSIBILITY OF DNA EVIDENCE -- LABORATORY QUALITY-RELATED ISSUES AND DNA -- ERRORS AND CONTAMINATION -- DNA AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS -- THE POWER OF DNA: AN ANALYSIS OF NATIONWIDE FORENSIC DNA CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 12: THE EVIDENCE TRILOGY AND FORENSIC SCIENCE -- IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS FRYE -- THE LEGACY OF FRYE -- FRYE VERSUS DAUBERT -- POST-DAUBERT CHALLENGES TO FORENSIC SCIENCE -- THE SUPREME COURT'S INTEREST IN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE -- THE EVIDENCE TRILOGY IS DISSECTED -- THE IMPACT OF THE EVIDENCE TRILOGY -- GETTING TO THE HEART OF EACH DECISION -- THE SCIENCE WARS AFTER DAUBERT: EVALUATING EVIDENCE -- THE VARIABLE INTERPRETATIONS OF DAUBERT -- THE BOTTOM LINE -- LEGAL PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE AND EXPERT KNOWLEDGE -- THE SUPREME COURT'S CRIMINAL "DAUBERT" CASES -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER 13: THE STAKEHOLDERS IN COURT: JUDGES, JURIES, EXPERTS, AND ATTORNEYS -- JUDGES AS GATEKEEPERS OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE -- ADMISSIBILITY AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE: KEEPING THE FAITH -- ALL JUDGES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL -- EXPERT WITNESSES: A JUDGE'S FRIEND OR FOE? -- ATTORNEYS PREPARE FOR BATTLE -- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DNA CASES -- THE JURY AND THE "CSI EFFECT" -- THE LEGACY OF THE "CSI EFFECT" -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 14: THE CHAMPIONS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE: ADVOCACY AND FUNDING EFFORTS -- THE BOTTOM LINE: SHOW ME THE MONEY -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- CHAPTER 15: THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION: AN AGENDA FOR REFORM -- A FEW WORDS ABOUT ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM -- ONE LAST THOUGHT -- MODELS FOR IMPROVEMENT -- HAS ANYONE ASKED THE FORENSIC COMMUNITY? -- A MODEL MEDICAL EXAMINER SYSTEM.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM -- REFERENCES -- RECOMMENDED READING -- ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER 16: NEW INITIATIVES AND THE FUTURE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE -- THE AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY -- THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES -- BUILDING NEW BRIDGES -- REFERENCE -- EPILOGUE: LOOKING OUT FOR DECEDENTS AND DEFENDANTS: TAKING A CUE FROM HEALTH CARE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX.