Forensic Science Evidence : Can the Law Keep Up with Science.
Title:
Forensic Science Evidence : Can the Law Keep Up with Science.
Author:
Shelton, Donald E.
ISBN:
9781593325961
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages)
Series:
Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Historical Development of Forensic Scientific Evidence -- Chapter 3: Admissibility Foundation Questions - The Daubert Trilogy -- Chapter 4: Admissibility of Social Science Evidence in Criminal Cases -- Chapter 5: Pretrial Forensic Issues -- Chapter 6: DNA Evidence -- Chapter 7: Fingerprint Evidence -- Chapter 8: Handwriting Comparison -- Chapter 9: Hair Analysis -- Chapter 10: Bite Mark Analysis -- Chapter 11: Toolmarks, Firearms, and Bullet Lead Comparison -- Chapter 12: Fire, Explosion and Arson Evidence -- Chapter 13: Bloodstain Pattern Evidence -- Chapter 14: Human Scent Evidence -- Chapter 15: Juror Expectations about Scientific Evidence -- Chapter 16: Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 17: Thoughts about the Future of Criminal Forensic Science -- Appendix: Recommendations of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (2009) -- Bibliography and Table of Cases -- Index.
Abstract:
Shelton describes the startling questions that have arisen about the reliability of many forms of scientific evidence which were traditionally regarded as reliable and have been routinely admitted to prove guilt. The exonerations resulting from the development of DNA have exposed the lack of truswortiness of much of the "scientific" evidence that was used to convict people who turned out to be innocent. The Congressionally commissioned report of the National Academy of Sciences documented the lack of scientific basis in many of these areas. Nevertheless, Shelton discloses that many courts continue to routinely admit such evidence in criminal cases, in spite of the obligation of judges to be the "gatekeepers" of forensic science evidence. He explores reasons for that phenomenon and describes whether and how it might change in the future.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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