Expert Evidence, General Resources
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BNA Litigation Practice Portfolio Series: Portfolio 603 - Scientific Evidence
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Litigation Practice Portfolio Series No. 603, Scientific Evidence, discusses the case law and rules governing the admissibility of scientific evidence and expert testimony.
The portfolio begins with an overview of the three major U.S. Supreme Court decisions governing the admissibility of expert testimony, followed by a discussion of the rules and case law concerning the qualification of testifying experts. The subsequent chapters discuss the reliability and relevancy requirements of scientific evidence, as well as other important evidentiary rules that can affect the admissibility of such evidence. The final chapter addresses procedural matters regarding the admission of expert evidence.
The Practice Tools at the end of the portfolio contain a sample pre-trial order and a chart indicating which states have adopted the federal admissibility standard for expert testimony.
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Daubert V. Frye
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Call Number: KF8935 .D38 2016 -
Forensic Analysis: Weighing Bullet Lead Evidnece by Since the 1960s, testimony by representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in thousands of criminal cases has relied on evidence from Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead (CABL), a forensic technique that compares the elemental composition of bullets found at a crime scene to the elemental composition of bullets found in a suspect̢۪s possession. Different from ballistics techniques that compare striations on the barrel of a gun to those on a recovered bullet, CABL is used when no gun is recovered or when bullets are too small or mangled to observe striations. Forensic Analysis: Weighing Bullet Lead Evidence assesses the scientific validity of CABL, finding that the FBI should use a different statistical analysis for the technique and that, given variations in bullet manufacturing processes, expert witnesses should make clear the very limited conclusions that CABL results can support. The report also recommends that the FBI take additional measures to ensure the validity of CABL results, which include improving documentation, publishing details, and improving on training and oversight.
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2004 -
Forensic Ethics and the Expert Witness
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This book details possible ethical situations and pitfalls that forensic psychiatric experts would commonly encounter when making a court testimony. Richly illustrated with cases from medicine, psychiatry, and law, this elegantly written volume examines the common moral ground that links these usually separate domains, and relates forensic ethics to larger concepts of morality and justice.
Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2007 -
Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law
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One of the greatest challenges encountered by those in the forensic sciences is anticipating what the state and federal courts will - or will not - allow as valid physical evidence. With this in mind, the author of Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law, Second Editionanalyzes and explains the judicial system's response to the applicability of forensic science in the investigation, prosecution, and defense of criminal activity. Each chapter of this comprehensive yet accessible resource provides an overview and analysis of the scientific and legal aspects of a particular forensic discipline. An important new feature of this second edition is that each chapter focuses on discussions of recent forensics literature reviews from Interpol's 14thAnnual Forensic Science Symposium. This latest edition also updates previously discussed cases and presents the most recent applications of the Frye and Daubert standards, the admissibility of eyewitness identification, the upsurge of cases and statutes that involve post-conviction DNA, and the increased interest in re-examining cold cases. As challenges to forensic evidence become increasingly rigorous, so does the need for intense preparation. Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law, Second Edition is thebook that those in the forensic sciences need to have on hand to successfully prepare for what may await them in the courtroom.
Call Number: KF8961 .K54 2006 -
Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques
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Criminal profiling, cyberforensics, accident reconstruction. Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques is the first introductory text to present forensic science in its broadest sense, encompassing classic criminalistics and beyond. Packed with over 350 full-color illustrations, the book offers a cutting-edge presentation of criminalistics and related laboratory subjects, covering: Trace Evidence Forensic Toxicology DNA Analysis and its Legal Aspects Questioned Documents Drug Analysis Crime Scene Investigation Firearms and Tool marks Biological Fluids Fingerprints In addition, you get full-chapter, state-of-the-art accounts of topics such as: Forensic Pathology and Traumatic Death Forensic Odontology Forensic Anthropology Forensic Taphonomy Recognition of Bloodstain Patterns Footwear Evidence Tire Imprint Evidence Forensic Engineering Vehicular Accident Reconstruction Computer Crime Forensic Psychology, Psychiatry, and Profiling Highly respected experts active in each discipline share their expertise, their cases, and up-to-date techniques, while careful editing has made that information accessible to non-scientists. Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques offers a clear, comprehensive overview that reveals the breadth and richness of the forensic sciences to students entering the field and practitioners who need to collaborate outside their disciplines.
Call Number: HV8073 .F5835 2003 -
Forensic Science Evidence: Can the Law Keep Up With Science
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Shelton describes the startling questions that have arisen about the reliability of many forms of scientific evidence which were traditionally regarded as reliable and have been routinely admitted to prove guilt. The exonerations resulting from the development of DNA have exposed the lack of truswortiness of much of the "scientific" evidence that was used to convict people who turned out to be innocent. The Congressionally commissioned report of the National Academy of Sciences documented the lack of scientific basis in many of these areas. Nevertheless, Shelton discloses that many courts continue to routinely admit such evidence in criminal cases, in spite of the obligation of judges to be the "gatekeepers" of forensic science evidence. He explores reasons for that phenomenon and describes whether and how it might change in the future.
Call Number: KF9674 .S529 2012 -
Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony
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Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2018-11-30Forensic science evidence plays a pivotal role in modern criminal proceedings. Yet such evidence poses intense practical and theoretical challenges. It can be unreliable or misleading and has been associated with miscarriages of justice. In this original and insightful book, a global team of prominent scholars and practitioners explore the contemporary challenges of forensic science evidence and expert witness testimony from a variety of theoretical, practical and jurisdictional perspectives. Chapters encompass the institutional organisation of forensic science, its procedural regulation, evaluation and reform, and brim with comparative insight. -
Forensic Science in Court: The Role of the Expert Witness
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Forensic Science in Court: The Role of the Expert Witness is a practical handbook aimed at forensic science students, to help them prepare as an expert witness when presenting their evidence in court. Written in a clear, accessible manner, the book guides the student through the legal process and shows them how to handle evidence, write reports without ambiguity through to the more practical aspects of what to do when appearing in court. The book also offers advice on what to expect when working with lawyers in a courtroom situation. An essential text for all students taking forensic science courses who are required to take modules on how to present their evidence in court. The book is also an invaluable reference for any scientist requested to give an opinion in a legal context. · Integrates law and science in an easy to understand format · Inclusion of case studies throughout · Includes straightforward statistics essential for the forensic science student · An invaluable, practical textbook for anyone appearing as an expert witness in court · Unique in its approach aimed at forensic science students in a courtroom environment
Call Number: K5485 .W35 2009 -
Forensic Science in Court: Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
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Forensic Science in Court explores the legal implications of forensic science--an increasingly important and complex part of the justice system. Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal aissues, from the history of evidence in court, to "gatekeeper" judges determining what evidence can be allowed, to the "CSI effect" in juries.The book describes and evaluates various kinds of evidence, including DNA, fingerprints, handwriting, hair, bite marks, tool marks, firearms and bullets, fire and arson investigation, and bloodstain evidence. Assessing the strengths and limitations of each kind of evidence, the author also discusses how they can contribute to identifying the "who," "how," and "whether" questions that arise in criminal prosecutions.Author Donald Shelton draws on the depth of his experiences as courtroom prosecutor, professor, and judge, to provide a well-rounded look at these increasingly critical issues. Case studies throughout help bring the issues to life and show how forensic science has been used, both successfully and not, in real-world situations.
Call Number: KF9674 .S54 2011 -
Forensics Under Fire: ARe Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice?
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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. Another crime is solved. The credits roll. The American public has become captivated by success stories like this one with their satisfyingly definitive conclusions, all made possible because of the wonders of forensic science. Unfortunately, however, popular television dramas do not represent the way most homicide cases in the United States are actually handled. Crime scenes are not always protected from contamination; physical evidence is often packaged improperly, lost, or left unaccounted for; forensic experts are not always consulted; and mistakes and omissions on the autopsy table frequently cut investigations short or send detectives down the wrong investigative path. In Forensics Under Fire, Jim Fisher makes a compelling case that these and other problems in the practice of forensic science allow offenders to escape justice and can also lead to the imprisonment of innocent people. Bringing together examples from a host of high-profile criminal cases and familiar figures, such as the JonBenet Ramsey case and Dr. Henry Lee who presented physical evidence in the O. J. Simpson trial, along with many lesser known but fascinating stories, Fisher presents daunting evidence that forensic science has a long way to go before it lives up to its potential and the public's expectations.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813542713Publication Date: 2008 -
The Lawyer's Guide to the Forensic Sciences
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Call Number: HV8073 .L334 2016 -
The Methods of Attacking Scientific Evidence, 5th ed.
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Reviews all major evidentiary doctrines applicable to scientific evidence.
Call Number: KF 8961 .I45 2014Publication Date: 2014 -
Modern Scientific Evidence: Forensics
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Full text of Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony, by David L. Faigman, Edward K. Cheng, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Erin E. Murphy, Joseph Sanders, and Christopher Slobogin, which provides attorneys and judges with the necessary legal and scientific background for dealing with scientific evidence and expert witnesses.
Call Number: KF8961 .M623 2008 -
Psychological and Scientific Evidence in Criminal Trials by
Call Number: eBook and KF9674 .M67 1996 -
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence 3d ed.
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The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is a single-volume pamphlet authored by the Committee on the Development of the Third Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence; Federal Judicial Center; Technology, Law Policy and Global Affairs Committee on Science, and the National Research Council. This detailed and informative pamphlet is often consulted by judges when deciding issues involving scientific and/or technical evidence. This pamphlet will help the trial attorney select more persuasive evidence and experts, avoid admissibility problems, and anticipate questions from the bench.
Call Number: KF8961 .R45 2011ISBN: 9780309214223 -
Scientific Evidence 6th edition
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A comprehensive resource for learning about the latest forensic techniques and scientific concepts used in collecting and evaluating evidence.
Call Number: KF8961 .G53 2020
DNA Scientific Evidence Resources
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ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: DNA Evidence by Introduction General provisions Collecting, preserving and use of DNA evidence Testing of DNA evidence Pretrial proceedings Trial Post-conviction Charging by DNA profile DNA databases.
Call Number: KF9666.5 .A33 2007 -
DNA Testing in Criminal Justice : Background, Current law, Grants, and Issues
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Call Number: online resource CRS reportPublication Date: 2018 -
To Examine the State of Forensic Science in the United States byCall Number: Online Resource
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Forensic DNA Evidence: Science and the Law
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Criminal justice system professionals will appreciate this easy-to-use reference as DNA evidence becomes an increasingly important and common aspect of law enforcement investigations, courtroom evidence, and postconviction litigation. The deskbook helps law enforcement, prosecutors, defense attorneys, legal educators, and the judiciary to keep pace and maintain an appropriate level of scientific literacy in an era of rapidly evolving forensic science technology. It is written in clear and practical language with an emphasis on California law. The book examines DNA biology, testing technology, and cutting-edge legal issues.
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