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Forensic evidence in court: evaluation and scientific opinion / created by Craig Adam.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wiley, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 315 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119054412 (hbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K2283 ADA
Contents:
An introduction to the admissibility of expert scientific opinion -- Admissibility from the legal perspective -- Forensic science and the law: the path forward -- Scientific opinion and the law in practice -- Fundamentals of the interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence -- Case studies in expert opinion -- Formal methods for logical evaluation -- Case studies in probabilistic opinion -- Cognitive bias and expert opinion -- The evaluation of DNA profile evidence -- Low template DNA -- Footwear marks in court -- Fingerprints and fingermarks - identifying individuals? -- Trace evidence, databases and evaluation -- Firearm and tool-mark evidence -- Expert opinion and evidence of human identity -- Questioned documents -- Bloodstain pattern analysis -- Conflicting expert opinion: SIDS and the medical expert witness.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf K2283 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 155474 Available BK143049
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf K2283 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 155475 Available BK143029
Book Book Law Library Open Shelf K2283 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 155476 Available BK143035

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the admissibility of expert scientific opinion -- Admissibility from the legal perspective -- Forensic science and the law: the path forward -- Scientific opinion and the law in practice -- Fundamentals of the interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence -- Case studies in expert opinion -- Formal methods for logical evaluation -- Case studies in probabilistic opinion -- Cognitive bias and expert opinion -- The evaluation of DNA profile evidence -- Low template DNA -- Footwear marks in court -- Fingerprints and fingermarks - identifying individuals? -- Trace evidence, databases and evaluation -- Firearm and tool-mark evidence -- Expert opinion and evidence of human identity -- Questioned documents -- Bloodstain pattern analysis -- Conflicting expert opinion: SIDS and the medical expert witness.

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