Forensics Under Fire Are Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice 1st Edition by Jim Fisher 0813542715 9780813542713

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ISBN 10: 0813542715 

ISBN 13: 9780813542713

Author: Jim Fisher

 In Forensics Under Fire, Jim Fisher makes a compelling case that 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.

Table of contents:

Diagnosing Death: Problems in the Science and Practice of Forensic Pathology
Forensic Pathologists from Hell: Bungled Autopsies, Bad Calls, and Blown Cases
A Question of Credibility: Bad Reputations and the Politics of Death
The Sudden Infant Death Debate: Dr. Roy Meadow, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, and Meadow’s Law
Infants Who Can’t Breathe: Illness or Suffocation?
Swollen Brains and Broken Bones: Disease or Infanticide?
Crime-Scene Impression Identification: Forensic Science or Subjective Analysis?
Fingerprint Identification: Trouble in Paradise
Fingerprints Never Lie: Except in Scotland
Shoe-Print Identification and Foot Morphology: The Lay Witness and the Cinderella Analysis
Bite-Mark Identification: Do Teeth Leave Prints?
Ear-Mark Identification: Emerging Science or Bad Evidence?
Hired Guns, Smoke Blowers, and Phonies: The Expert Witness Problem
Expert versus Expert: The Handwriting Wars in the Ramsey Case
John Mark Karr: DNA Trumps the Graphologists in the Ramsey Case
Hair and Fiber Identification: An Inexact Science
DNA Analysis: Backlogs, Sloppy Work, and Unqualified People
Bullet Identification, FBI Style: Overselling the Science
The Celebrity Expert: Dr. Henry Lee

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