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Failed evidence : why law enforcement resists science /

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 o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, David A., 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Science-driven policing, or police indifference to science?
  • Science and traditional police investigative methods : a lot we thought we knew was wrong
  • In their own words : why police and prosecutors say they resist science
  • The real reasons for resistance : cognitive barriers
  • The real reasons for resistance : institutional and political barriers
  • What must be done and how to make it happen
  • Reasons for hope : examples of real change
  • Conclusion : From the task to the solutions.