Forensic science evidence : can the law keep up with science? /

Forensic science evidence : can the law keep up with science? /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shelton, Donald E.
Imprint:	El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 273 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Criminal justice: recent scholarship Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subject:	Evidence, Expert -- United States. Forensic sciences -- United States. Evidence, Criminal -- United States. Evidence, Criminal. Evidence, Expert. Forensic sciences. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11136560

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ISBN:	1593325967 9781593325961 9781593325176 1593325177
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Shelton 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 continue to routinely admit such evidence in criminal cases, in spite of the obligation of judges to be the "gatekeepers" of forensic science evidence. He explores reasons for that phenomenon and describes whether and how it might change in the future."--Publisher.
Other form:	Print version: 9781593325176 1593325177

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Summary:	Shelton 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 continue to routinely admit such evidence in criminal cases, in spite of the obligation of judges to be the gatekeepers of forensic science evidence. He explores reasons for that phenomenon and describes whether and how it might change in the future.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (vii, 273 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	1593325967 9781593325961 9781593325176 1593325177