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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785474803321

Autore

Shelton Donald E

Titolo

Forensic science in court [[electronic resource] ] : challenges in the twenty-first century / / Donald E. Shelton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-282-92247-5

9786612922473

1-4422-0189-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Collana

Issues in crime & justice

Disciplina

345.73/067

Soggetti

Evidence, Expert - United States

Forensic sciences - United States

Evidence, Criminal - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Introduction; The History and Developmentof Forensic Scientific Evidence; Ch02. The Problem of Junk Science: Frye and the Daubert Trilogy; Ch03. DNA: The New Gold Standard; Ch04. The "Who" Question; Ch05. More "Who" Questions; Ch06. The "How" Question; Ch07. The "Whether" Question: Social Science Evidence in Criminal Cases; Ch08. Jurors and Forensic Science Evidence; Ch09. Conclusions: Where Do We Go from Here?; Appendix. Recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward (2009); Notes; Index

About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Forensic Science in Court explores the legal implications of forensic science-an increasingly important and complex part of the legal system. Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal issues, then examines the strengths and limitations of various kinds of forensic science, including DNA, fingerprints, handwriting, hair, bite marks, tool marks, firearms and bullets, fire and arson investigation, and bloodstain evidence. Case studies illustrate the issues and their application in depth.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777531603321

Titolo

The German invention of race [[electronic resource] /] / Sara Eigen and Mark  Larrimore, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8207-3

1-4237-6620-2

Descrizione fisica

vii, 221 p. : ill

Collana

SUNY series, philosophy and race

Classificazione

70.08

Altri autori (Persone)

FigalSara Eigen <1965->

LarrimoreMark J <1966-> (Mark Joseph)

Disciplina

305.8/001

Soggetti

Race - Philosophy

Philosophy, German - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The German invention of race / Sara Eigen and Mark Larrimore -- What "progresses" has race theory made since the times of Leibniz and Wolff? / Peter Fenves -- Laocoön and the Hottentots / Michael Chaouli -- Policing polygeneticism in Germany, 1775: (Kames,) Kant, and Blumenbach / John H. Zammito -- Kant's concept of a human race / Susan M. Shell -- Kant and Blumenbach's polyps: a neglected chapter in the history of the concept of race / Robert Bernasconi -- Race, freedom, and the fall in Steffens and Kant / Mark Larrimore -- The German invention of Völkerkunde: ethnological discourse in Europe and Asia, 1740-1798 / Han F. Vermeulen -- Gods, Titans, and monsters: philhellenism, race, and religion in early nineteenth century mythography / George S. Williamson -- From Indo-Germans to Aryans: philology and the racialization of salvationist national rhetoric, 1806-1830 / Tuska Benes -- Policing the Menschen = Racen / Sara Eigen -- Jewish emancipation and the politics of race / Jonathan M. Hess.