Forensics under fire : are bad science and dueling experts corrupting criminal justice? / Jim Fisher.
Television shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives make it look so easy. A crime-scene photographer snaps photographs, a fingerprint technician examines a gun, uniformed officers seal off a house while detectives gather hair and blood samples, placing them carefully into separate evid...
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| Linkit: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Aineistotyyppi: | E-kirja |
| Kieli: | English |
| Julkaistu: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008. |
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| Yhteenveto: | Television shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives make it look so easy. A crime-scene photographer snaps photographs, a fingerprint technician examines a gun, uniformed officers seal off a house while detectives gather hair and blood samples, placing them carefully into separate evidence containers. In a crime laboratory, a suspect?s hands are meticulously examined for gunshot residue. An autopsy is performed in order to determine range and angle of the gunshot and time-of-death evidence. Dozens of tests and analyses are performed and cross-referenced. A conviction is made. Ano. |
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| Ulkoasu: | 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813544243 0813544246 |
| Pääsy: | Access limited to authorized users. |