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200 10$aAutopsy of a crime lab $eexposing the flaws in forensics /$fBrandon L. Garrett
210  1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[2021]
210  4$d©2021
215   $a1 online resource (252 pages) $cillustrations
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327   $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPart I The Crisis in Forensics --$tIntroduction --$t1 The Bite Mark Case --$t2 The Crisis in Forensics --$tPart II Flawed Forensics --$t3 False ID --$t4 Error Rates --$t5 Overstatement --$t6 Qualifications --$t7 Hidden Bias --$t8 The Gatekeepers --$tPart III Failed Labs --$t9 Failed Quality Control --$t10 Crime Scene Contamination --$tPart IV The Movement to Fix Forensics --$t11 The Rebirth of the Lab --$t12 Big Data Forensics --$t13 Fixing Forensics --$tAcknowledgments --$tAppendix Suggested Resources --$tNotes --$tIndex
330   $aThis book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions.";That's not my fingerprint, your honor,"; said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a ";100-percent identification."; They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100 percent certainty about a fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted methods?Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners.
606   $aDNA fingerprinting$xLaw and legislation
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610   $aError.
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610   $aWrongful convictions.
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610   $adebunk.
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610   $afacial recognition software.
610   $afalse positives.
610   $afaulty science.
610   $afibers.
610   $afingerprints.
610   $aforensic evidence.
610   $aguide.
610   $alaboratories.
610   $alaw enforcement.
610   $alegal expert.
610   $aquality control.
610   $arapid DNA machines.
610   $aregulations.
610   $asolutions.
610   $astatistics.
610   $atechnologies.
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