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1 online resource (375 pages) |
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Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1; 1 An Introduction to the Admissibility of Expert Scientific Opinion; 1.1 Admissibility, Reliability and Scientific Evidence; 1.2 The Impact of the DNA Revolution; 1.3 The Miscarriage of Justice; 1.4 DNA Reveals Wrongful Convictions; 1.5 The Causes of Wrongful Conviction; 1.6 Unreliable Scientific Evidence; 1.7 The Scientist and the Laboratory; 1.8 Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 2 Admissibility from the Legal Perspective; 2.1 Admissibility, Relevance and Reliability of Evidence; 2.2 Admissibility in the United States |
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2.3 Admissibility in Canada2.4 Admissibility in Australia; 2.5 Admissibility in England and Wales; 2.6 Conclusions on Admissibility; References; Further Reading; 3 Forensic Science and the Law: The Path Forward; 3.1 National and Legal Developments in the United States; 3.2 National and Legal Developments in Canada; 3.3 National and Legal Developments in Australia; 3.4 National and Legal Developments in England and Wales; 3.5 Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 4 Scientific Opinion and the Law in Practice; 4.1 Scientific Opinion and the Judicial System; 4.2 The Scientist in Court |
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4.3 The Role and Duties of the Scientific Expert Witness4.4 Quality Control of Analysis and Opinion; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Part 2; 5 Fundamentals of the Interpretation and Evaluation of Scientific Evidence; 5.1 Analysis, Interpretation and Evaluation; 5.2 The Role and Outcomes of Forensic Investigation; 5.3 Fact and Opinion; 5.4 Expert Opinion and the Forensic Science Paradigm; 5.5 What are Propositions?; 5.6 Competing Propositions in the Court; References; Further Reading; 6 Case Studies in Expert Opinion; 6.1 Case Study 1: Facial Comparison Evidence |
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6.2 Case Study 2: Ear-mark Identification6.3 Case Study 3: Glass and Gunshot Residue; 6.4 Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 7 Formal Methods for Logical Evaluation; 7.1 Frequentist and Bayesian Approaches to Evaluation; 7.2 The Likelihood Ratio Method; 7.3 Expressing Opinion Through Likelihood Ratio; 7.4 Evaluation and Bayes' Theorem; 7.5 Prior Odds; 7.6 Posterior Probabilities; 7.7 Working Out Conditional Probabilities and Likelihood Ratio; 7.8 Conclusions; References; Further Reading; 8 Case Studies in Probabilistic Opinion; 8.1 People v Collins 1968; 8.2 R v Michael Shirley 2003 |
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8.3 R v D J Adams 1996, 19988.4 The Defendant's Fallacy: R v J 2009; 8.5 Conclusion; References; Further Reading; 9 Cognitive Bias and Expert Opinion; 9.1 Cognitive Bias; 9.2 Contextual Bias; 9.3 Other Sources of Bias; 9.4 Fingerprint Examination: A Case Study in Bias; 9.5 Mitigating Bias; 9.6 Mitigating Bias Versus Research on Traces; 9.7 Conclusions; References; Further Reading; Part 3; 10 The Evaluation of DNA Profile Evidence; 10.1 DNA Profiling Techniques -- A Brief History; 10.2 Databases in DNA Profiling; 10.3 Interpretation and Evaluation of Conventional DNA Profiles |
| Summary |
The interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence and its presentation in a court of law is central both to the role of the forensic scientist as an expert witness and to the interests of justice. This book aims to provide a thorough and detailed discussion of the principles and practice of evidence interpretation and evaluation by using real cases by way of illustration. The presentation is appropriate for students of forensic science or related disciplines at advanced undergraduate and master's level or for practitioners engaged in continuing professional development activity. The book is structured in three sections. The first sets the scene by describing and debating the issues around the admissibility and reliability of scientific evidence presented to the court. In the second section, the principles underpinning interpretation and evaluation are explained, including discussion of those formal statistical methods founded on Bayesian inference. The following chapters present perspectives on the evaluation and presentation of evidence in the context of a single type or class of scientific evidence, from DNA to the analysis of documents. For each, the science underpinning the analysis and interpretation of the forensic materials is explained, followed by the presentation of cases which illustrate the variety of approaches that have been taken in providing expert scientific opinion |
| Notes |
10.4 Suspect Identification from a DNA Database |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Evidence, Expert -- Methodology
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Forensic sciences.
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Evidence, Expert -- History
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Evidence, Expert.
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Forensic Sciences
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forensic science.
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LAW -- Forensic Science.
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Evidence, Expert.
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Evidence, Expert -- Methodology.
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Forensic sciences.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119054436 |
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1119054435 |
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9781119054412 |
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1119054419 |
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