Autore	Shelton Donald E
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (197 p.)
Disciplina	345.73/067
Collana	Issues in crime & justice
Soggetto topico	Evidence, Expert - United States Forensic sciences - United States Evidence, Criminal - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-92247-5 9786612922473 1-4422-0189-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459086903321

Autore	Pyrek Kelly
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (562 p.)
Disciplina	363.25 363.2560973
Soggetto topico	Forensic sciences - United States Crime laboratories - United States Forensic scientists - United States Evidence, Expert - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-96280-1 9786610962808 0-08-047107-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front 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 COLLABORATION 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 NEEDS 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 THE 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 QUALITY 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 THE SHIFTY PARADIGM
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458591503321

Autore	Pyrek Kelly
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier / Academic Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (562 p.)
Disciplina	363.25 363.2560973
Soggetto topico	Forensic sciences - United States Crime laboratories - United States Forensic scientists - United States Evidence, Expert - United States
ISBN	1-280-96280-1 9786610962808 0-08-047107-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front 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 COLLABORATION 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 NEEDS 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 THE 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 QUALITY 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 THE SHIFTY PARADIGM
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910822798103321

Autore	Fisher Jim <1939->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (340 p.)
Disciplina	363.25
Soggetto topico	Criminal investigation - United States Crime scene searches - United States Forensic sciences - United States Evidence, Criminal - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-39722-9 9786611397227 0-8135-4424-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Forensic pathologists from hell : bungled autopsies, bad calls, and blown cases -- A question of credibility : bad reputations and the politics of death -- The sudden infant death debate Dr. Roy Meadow, Munchausen syndrome by proxy and Meadow's law -- Infants who can't breathe : illness or suffocation? -- Swollen brains and broken bones : disease or infanticide? -- Fingerprint identification : trouble in paradise -- Fingerprints never lie : except in Scotland -- Shoe print identification and foot morphology : the lay witness and the Cinderella analysis -- Bite mark identification : do teeth leave prints? -- Ear-mark identification : emerging science or bad evidence? -- Expert versus expert : the handwriting wars in the Ramsey case -- John Mark Karr : DNA Trumps the graphologists in the Ramsey case -- Hair and fiber identification : the inexact science -- DNA analysis : backlogs, sloppy work, and unqualified people -- Bullet identification : FBI style overselling the science -- The celebrity expert : Dr. Henry Lee.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454645003321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (iii, 73 pages)
Collana	S. hrg.
Soggetto topico	Forensic sciences - United States Forensic sciences - Standards - United States Evidence, Criminal - Standards - United States DNA fingerprinting - United States Criminal investigation - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Legislative hearings.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	From the lab bench to the courtroom
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910705456303321