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Forensic science under siege : the challenges of forensic laboratories and the medico-legal death investigation system /

Forensic science laboratories' reputations have increasingly come under fire. Incidents of tainted evidence, false reports, allegations of negligence, scientifically flawed testimony, or - worse yet - perjury in in-court testimony, have all served to cast a shadow over the forensic sciences. In...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pyrek, Kelly
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier / Academic Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forensic science: celebrated and vilified
  • The stakeholders in forensic science: roles, perspectives, and expectations
  • An introduction to the U.S. forensic laboratory system
  • The U.S. forensic laboratory system under siege
  • The reality of the U.S. forensic laboratory system
  • An introduction to the U.S. medico-legal death investigation system
  • The U.S. medico-legal death investigation system under siege
  • The real story of the U.S. medico-legal death investigation system
  • The courts: battlefield for the truth and a changing paradigm
  • Not all science is created equal
  • DNA: convicting the guilty, exonerating the innocent
  • The evidence trilogy and forensic science
  • The stakeholders in court: judges, juries, experts, and attorneys
  • The champions of forensic science: advocacy and funding efforts
  • The road to redemption: an agenda for reform
  • New initiatives and the future of forensic science
  • Looking out for decedents and defendants: taking a cue from health care.