Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics - Couverture rigide

Garrett, Brandon L.

 
9780520379336: Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
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ISBN 10 : 0520379330 ISBN 13 : 9780520379336
Editeur : University of California Press, 2021

Synopsis

This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions.

"That's not my fingerprint, your honor," said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification." They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100 percent certainty about a fingerprint, when there is no such thing as a 100 percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted methods?

Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners.

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À propos de l'auteur

Brandon L. Garrett is the L. Neil Williams Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, where he directs the Wilson Center for Science and Justice.  His previous books include Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong, Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations, and End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can Revive Criminal Justice.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520379330
ISBN 13 
9780520379336
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
261
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780520389656: Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics

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ISBN 10 :  0520389654 ISBN 13 :  9780520389656
Editeur : University of California Press, 2022
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