Forensic science in court : challenges in the twenty-first century / by Donald E. Shelton.
2011
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Author
Title
Forensic science in court : challenges in the twenty-first century / by Donald E. Shelton.
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KF9674 .S53 2011
ISBN
9781442201873 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442201878 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442201880 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1442201886 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781442201897 (electronic)
1442201894 (electronic)
1442201878 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442201880 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1442201886 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781442201897 (electronic)
1442201894 (electronic)
Description
x, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)609102655
Summary
Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal issues, from the history of evidence in court, to "gatekeeper" judges determining what evidence can be allowed, to the "CSI effect" in juries. The book describes and evaluates various kinds of evidence, including DNA, fingerprints, handwriting, hair, bite marks, tool marks, firearms and bullets, fire and arson investigation, and bloodstain evidence. --from publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-175) and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
List of Figures
ix
Introduction
1
1.
The History and Development of Forensic Scientific Evidence
9
2.
The Problem of Junk Science: Frye and the Daubert Trilogy
17
3.
DNA: The New Gold Standard
27
Admissibility of DNA at Trial
27
Postconviction DNA Testing
30
4.
The "Who" Question
39
Fingerprint Evidence
39
Handwriting Comparison
53
5.
More "Who" Questions
67
Hair Analysis
67
Bite-Mark Analysis
73
6.
The "How" Question
81
Tool Marks and Firearms
81
Bullet Lead Comparison
86
Fire, Explosion, and Arson Evidence
91
Bloodstain Pattern Evidence
98
7.
The "Whether" Question: Social Science Evidence in Criminal Cases
107
Eyewitness Identification Experts
108
Forensic Abuse Syndromes
110
Conclusions about Social Science Evidence
113
8.
Jurors and Forensic Science Evidence
115
The "CSI" Myth
115
The "Tech" Effect
116
"Negative" Evidence
118
Voir Dire, Argument, and Jury Instructions
119
9.
Conclusions: Where Do We Go from Here?
125
The Last Twenty Years: An Era of Doubt
125
Daubert's Change in the Legal Standard for Admissibility
127
The Emergence of DNA as a New Model for Forensic Scientific Evidence
127
The Impact of DNA Exonerations
129
The Impact of the National Academy of Sciences Report
130
The Impact of New Technology Awareness by Jurors
134
The Current State of Forensic Science Evidence in Criminal Cases
135
Thoughts about the Future of Criminal Forensic Science
138
Appendix: Recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences: Strengthening Forensic Science in the Unites States
141
Notes
149
Index
177
About the Author
183