Fraudulent forensic evidence : malpractice in crime laboratories /

Fraudulent forensic evidence : malpractice in crime laboratories /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Buker, Hasan, 1977-
Imprint:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Criminal justice: recent scholarship Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject:	Crime laboratories -- United States. Malpractice -- United States. Evidence, Criminal -- United States. Criminal investigation -- United States. Crime laboratories. Criminal investigation. Evidence, Criminal. Malpractice. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11136553

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ISBN:	1593325959 9781593325954 9781593325787 1593325789
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Buker tells the untold story of crime labs. Through extensive field research he scrutinizes the problem of malpractice in the US publicly-funded crime labs from an administrative perspective. Several examples of malpractice in these organizations reflect not only individual mishaps of forensic scientists working in these labs, but also organizational failures. Buker finds that elements of organizational environment and organizational behavior of the crime labs combine to create this organizational failure. He concludes with public policy suggestions to maintain and amplify the trustworthiness.
Other form:	Print version: 9781593325787 1593325789

Table of Contents:

Forensic sciences and publicly-funded crime labs: an overview
Understanding breakdowns in formal organizations: developing a conceptual framework
Methodologies employed in the study
Digging deeper: scrutinizing malpractice in crime labs
Nature and etiology of malpractice in crime labs: a system failure?
Than what ...? Concluding remarks.