Cops in lab coats
Subtitle: curbing wrongful convictions through independent forensic laboratories
By: Sandra Guerra Thompson Alumnae College Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute University of Houston Law Center
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781611635294
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Forensic sciences; Judicial error
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgments; title: Glossary; title: Bad science wreaks havoc-the George Rodriguez story; title: A national crisis; title: The complex critique of forensic science; title: The paradox of the ethical-and biased; title: analyst; title: Safeguarding justice; title: Resisting independence; title: Houston's laboratory experiment; title: Conclusion: reimagining the practice of forensic science; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the author.