Description: Further DetailsTitle: Autopsy of a Crime LabCondition: NewSubtitle: Exposing the Flaws in ForensicsISBN-10: 0520389654EAN: 9780520389656ISBN: 9780520389656Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/01/2022Description: 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." The FBI was 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 at the crime scenes and in the laboratories? 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 363gAuthor: Brandon L. GarrettGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Autopsy of a Crime Lab
Title: Autopsy of a Crime Lab
Subtitle: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
ISBN-10: 0520389654
EAN: 9780520389656
ISBN: 9780520389656
Release Date: 03/01/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Autopsy of a Crime Lab : Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: Evidence, General, Criminal Law / General, Forensic Science
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2022
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Brandon L. Garrett
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
