Forensics under fire
Subtitle: are bad science and dueling experts corrupting criminal justice?
By: Jim Fisher.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813542713
Subjects: Criminal investigation -- United States; Crime scene searches -- United States; Forensic sciences -- United States; Evidence, Criminal -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forensic pathologists from hell : bungled autopsies, bad calls, and blown cases; title: A question of credibility : bad reputations and the politics of death; title: The sudden infant death debate : how many babies are murdered?; title: Infants who can't breathe : illness or suffocation?; title: Swollen brains and broken bones : disease or infanticide?; title: Fingerprint identification : trouble in paradise; title: Fingerprints don't lie : except in Scotland; title: Shoe print identification and foot morphology : the lay witness and the Cinderella analysis; title: Bite mark identification : do teeth leave prints?; title: Earmark identification : emerging science or bad evidence?; title: Expert vs. expert : the handwriting wars in the Ramsey case; title: The Ramsey case : act two; title: Hair and fiber identification : the inexact science; title: DNA analysis : backlogs, sloppy work, and unqualified people; title: Bullet identification : FBI style; title: The celebrity expert : Dr. Henry Lee.