LEADER 05508nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910784653703321 005 20230120004716.0 010 $a1-280-96280-1 010 $a9786610962808 010 $a0-08-047107-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364076 035 $a(EBL)287922 035 $a(OCoLC)469400820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000157026 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158871 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000157026 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10130230 035 $a(PQKB)10399423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC287922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL287922 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167013 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL96280 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364076 100 $a20070409d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForensic science under siege$b[electronic resource] $ethe challenges of forensic laboratories and the medico-legal death investigation system /$fKelly M. Pyrek 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston $cElsevier / Academic Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (562 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-370861-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront cover; FORENSIC SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1: FORENSIC SCIENCE: CELEBRATED AND VILIFIED; WHAT IS FORENSIC SCIENCE, ANYWAY?; NATURAL SCIENCE VS. APPLIED SCIENCE; WITHSTANDING THE TEST OF TIME; THE SCIENCE WARS; HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE IS CELEBRATED AND VILIFIED; IS FORENSIC SCIENCE BROKEN? EXPERTS HAVE THEIR SAY; THE NEEDS OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMUNITY; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; ENDNOTES; CHAPTER 2: THE STAKEHOLDERS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: ROLES, PERSPECTIVES, AND EXPECTATIONS; THE STAKEHOLDERS 327 $aCOLLABORATION IN ACTION: THE COURTROOM WORKGROUPTHE OVERLOOKED STAKEHOLDER?; ON COMMON GROUND: THE COURTROOM TRIAL; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; CHAPTER 3: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE U. S. FORENSIC LABORATORY SYSTEM; THE EVIDENCE: GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; CHAPTER 4: THE U. S. FORENSIC LABORATORY SYSTEM UNDER SIEGE; THE DIRTY DOZEN: COMMON CHARGES LEVIED AGAINST LABS; THE TALES OF TWO LABS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; ENDNOTES; CHAPTER 5: THE REALITY OF THE U. S. FORENSIC LABORATORY SYSTEM; CRIME LAB FUNDING; HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES 327 $aNEEDS ASSESSMENTS OF FORENSIC LABORATORIESREFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; CHAPTER 6: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE U. S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM; ROLE CALL: THE CAST OF CHARACTERS IN MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION; PLAYING BY THE (REAL) RULES OF MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; CHAPTER 7: THE U.S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM UNDER SIEGE; A "HUMAN" SCIENCE?; THE PROBLEM OF THE "COWBOY" EXAMINER; THE EVERYDAY CHALLENGES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8: THE REAL STORY OF THE U.S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM 327 $aTHE HISTORY OF ME AND CORONER SYSTEMS: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME, OR SECOND VERSE, SAME AS THE FIRSTNEW ATTENTION TO OLD ISSUES; A PATCHWORK OF JURISDICTIONS; ALL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL: MAKING A CASE FOR AND AGAINST THE CORONER; COMPARING MEDICAL EXAMINER AND CORONER SYSTEMS; THE VALUE OF FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, BIOTERRORISM, MASS DISASTERS, AND HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES; FEDERAL SUPPORT OF MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES AND AGENCIES; THE QUALITY OF MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES 327 $aQUALITY OF SERVICE AND ACCREDITATION OF MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICESTHE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ISSUES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; TRAINING FOR MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS; ASSESSING FORENSIC PATHOLOGY PROGRAMS REVEALS VITAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; RESEARCH ISSUES; FUNDING OF THE U.S. MEDICO-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION SYSTEM; MEDICO-LEGAL OFFICES AND FORENSIC LABORATORIES: A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; ENDNOTE; CHAPTER 9: THE COURTS: BATTLEFIELD FOR THE TRUTH AND A CHANGING PARADIGM; THE PARADIGM SHIFT 327 $aTHE SHIFTY PARADIGM 330 $aForensic science laboratories' reputations have increasingly come under fire. Incidents of tainted evidence, false reports, allegations of negligence, scientifically flawed testimony, or - worse yet - perjury in in-court testimony, have all served to cast a shadow over the forensic sciences. Instances of each are just a few of the quality-related charges made in the last few years. Forensic Science Under Siege is the first book to integrate and explain these problematic trends in forensic science. The issues are timely, and are approached from an investigatory, yet scholarly 606 $aForensic sciences$zUnited States 606 $aCrime laboratories$zUnited States 606 $aForensic scientists$zUnited States 606 $aEvidence, Expert$zUnited States 615 0$aForensic sciences 615 0$aCrime laboratories 615 0$aForensic scientists 615 0$aEvidence, Expert 676 $a363.25 676 $a363.2560973 700 $aPyrek$b Kelly$0875296 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784653703321 996 $aForensic science under siege$93722198 997 $aUNINA