Forensic evidence in court
Subtitle: a case study approach
By: Christine Beck Lissitzyn.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781594603709
Subjects: Grant, Edward R., -- 1943?- -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Evidence, Expert -- United States.; Forensic sciences -- United States.; Evidence, Criminal -- United States.; Trials (Murder) -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The case study : State v. Grant; value: What is forensic evidence?; value: From collecting forensic evidence to trial; value: The rules of evidence; value: The general acceptance rule and the Daubert case; value: The scientific method and forensic evidence; value: Fingerprints; value: DNA; value: Eyewitness identifications; value: Blood spatter analysis; value: Handwriting analysis; value: Polygraph testimony; value: DNA and its role in exonerations; value: Closing statements, jury instructions, verdict and appeal; value: The judge, the jury, and forensic evidence.