Failed Evidence : Why Law Enforcement Resists Science /

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With the popularity of crime dramas like CSI focusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, David A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2012]
Temas:
Criminal investigation > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Evidence, Criminal > United States.
Forensic sciences > United States.
Law enforcement > United States.
Science > United States > United States.
Science > United States.
LAW / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Science-Driven Policing, or Police Indifference to Science?
  • 2. Science and Traditional Police Investigative Methods: A Lot We Thought We Knew Was Wrong
  • 3. In Their Own Words: Why Police and Prosecutors Say They Resist Science
  • 4. The Real Reasons for Resistance: Cognitive Barriers
  • 5. The Real Reasons for Resistance: Institutional and Political Barriers
  • 6. What Must Be Done and How to Make It Happen
  • 7. Reasons for Hope: Examples of Real Change
  • 8. Conclusion: From the Task to the Solutions
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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