Forensic science evidence : can the law keep up with science? / Donald E. Shelton.
2012
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Author
Title
Forensic science evidence : can the law keep up with science? / Donald E. Shelton.
Published
El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012.
Call Number
KF9674 .S529 2012
ISBN
9781593325176 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1593325177 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1593325177 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Description
vii, 273 pages ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)779262322
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) 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
Acknowledgements
vii
ch. 1
Introduction
1
ch. 2
Historical Development of Forensic Scientific Evidence
7
ch. 3
Admissibility Foundation Questions - The Daubert Trilogy
13
ch. 4
Admissibility of Social Science Evidence in Criminal Cases
27
ch. 5
Pretrial Forensic Issues
49
ch. 6
DNA Evidence
63
ch. 7
Fingerprint Evidence
79
ch. 8
Handwriting Comparison
99
ch. 9
Hair Analysis
111
ch. 10
Bite Mark Analysis
117
ch. 11
Toolmarks, Firearms, and Bullet Lead Comparison
125
ch. 12
Fire, Explosion and Arson Evidence
137
ch. 13
Bloodstain Pattern Evidence
149
ch. 14
Human Scent Evidence
157
ch. 15
Juror Expectations about Scientific Evidence
165
ch. 16
Summary and Conclusions
187
ch. 17
Thoughts about the Future of Criminal Forensic Science
213
Appendix: Recommendations of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
219
Bibliography and Table of Cases
227
Index
271