LEADER 03400nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910955966303321 005 20240313071033.0 010 $a9781593325961 010 $a1593325967 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100560 035 $a(EBL)1057854 035 $a(OCoLC)797171595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000656002 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12253258 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000656002 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10631301 035 $a(PQKB)10733623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057854 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057854 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10561090 035 $a(Perlego)2028100 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100560 100 $a20120330d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForensic science evidence $ecan the law keep up with science? /$fDonald E. Shelton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEl Paso, Tex. $cLFB Scholarly Pub. LLC$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 1 $aCriminal justice : recent scholarship 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781593325176 311 08$a1593325177 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Historical Development of Forensic Scientific Evidence; Chapter 3: Admissibility Foundation Questions - The DaubertTrilogy; Chapter 4: Admissibility of Social Science Evidence in CriminalCases; Chapter 5: Pretrial Forensic Issues; Chapter 6: DNA Evidence; Chapter 7: Fingerprint Evidence; Chapter 8: Handwriting Comparison; Chapter 9: Hair Analysis; Chapter 10: Bite Mark Analysis; Chapter 11: Toolmarks, Firearms, and Bullet Lead Comparison; Chapter 12: Fire, Explosion and Arson Evidence; Chapter 13: Bloodstain Pattern Evidence 327 $aChapter 14: Human Scent EvidenceChapter 15: Juror Expectations about Scientific Evidence; Chapter 16: Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 17: Thoughts about the Future of Criminal ForensicScience; Appendix: Recommendations of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (2009); Bibliography and Table of Cases; Index 330 $aShelton describes the startling questions that have arisen about the reliability of many forms of scientific evidence which were traditionally regarded as reliable and have been routinely admitted to prove guilt. The exonerations resulting from the development of DNA have exposed the lack of truswortiness of much of the ""scientific"" evidence that was used to convict people who turned out to be innocent. The Congressionally commissioned report of the National Academy of Sciences documented the lack of scientific basis in many of these areas. Nevertheless, Shelton discloses that many courts co 410 0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aEvidence, Expert$zUnited States 606 $aForensic sciences$zUnited States 606 $aEvidence, Criminal$zUnited States 615 0$aEvidence, Expert 615 0$aForensic sciences 615 0$aEvidence, Criminal 676 $a345.73/067 700 $aShelton$b Donald E$01806189 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955966303321 996 $aForensic science evidence$94355225 997 $aUNINA