Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States

• Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release Date : 2009-07-29
• ISBN : 9780309142397

Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan

• Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release Date : 2009-08-29
• ISBN : 9780309131308

Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan

• Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2009
• ISBN : PSU:000066761440

• Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2010
• ISBN : PURD:32754081266474

• Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2009
• ISBN : UOM:39015090380109

• Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2010
• ISBN : PURD:32754081210829

• Author : Tiffany Roy
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2020-04-03
• ISBN : 9781498753937

In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) authored the report Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. In it, the Committee expressed the need for accreditation and certification. Accreditation, long recognized by public labs as an important benchmark in quality, was recognized as an important way to standardize laboratories that provide forensic services. Certification can play an important role as a method of oversight in the forensic sciences—something also recommended by the - National Commission on

• Author : John E. Cooper,Margaret E. Cooper
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2013-04-25
• ISBN : 9781482210033

Wildlife forensics is the application of forensic science to the conservation and protection of non-domesticated animals, both in the wild and in captivity. Providing an in-depth introduction to this rapidly evolving field, Wildlife Forensic Investigation: Principles and Practice also chronicles aspects of the history of management, conservation, and environmental protection, with an emphasis on their global importance in the twenty-first century. The book examines the crucial role of wildlife forensic investigation with regard to live animals, dead animals and samples

• Author : Brandon L. Garrett
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release Date : 2021-03-23
• ISBN : 9780520976634

This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions. "That's not my fingerprint, your honor," said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification." They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted

• Author : Lawrence Kobilinsky
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2011-11-17
• ISBN : 111806223X

A concise, robust introduction to the various topics covered by the discipline of forensic chemistry The Forensic Chemistry Handbook focuses on topics in each of the major chemistry-related areas of forensic science. With chapter authors that span the forensic chemistry field, this book exposes readers to the state of the art on subjects such as serology (including blood, semen, and saliva), DNA/molecular biology, explosives and ballistics, toxicology, pharmacology, instrumental analysis, arson investigation, and various other types of chemical residue

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2004
• ISBN : PURD:32754076884414

• Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Strengthening Forensic Science at the National Institute of Justice
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release Date : 2015-11-03
• ISBN : 9780309376488

Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, and evidence-based criminal justice system. There is widespread agreement that the scientific foundation of some currently available forensic science methods needs strengthening and that additional, more efficient techniques are urgently needed. These needs can only be met through sustained research programs explicitly designed to ensure and improve the reliability and validity of current methods and to foster the development and use of new and better techniques. This

• Author : Ian Burney,Christopher Hamlin
• Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
• Release Date : 2019-05-21
• ISBN : 9781421427492

Carrier, Simon A. Cole, Christopher Hamlin, Jeffrey Jentzen, Projit Bihari Mukharji, Quentin (Trais) Pearson, Mitra Sharafi, Gagan Preet Singh, Heather Wolffram

• Author : Michael P. Caligiuri,Linton A. Mohammed
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2012-02-22
• ISBN : 9781439871409

The Daubert trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court cases has established that scientific expert testimony must be based on science grounded in empirical research. As such, greater scrutiny is being placed on questioned document examination generally, and handwriting comparison in particular. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, The Neuroscience of Handwriting: Applications in Forensic Document Examination examines the essential neuroscientific principles underlying normal and pathological hand motor control and handwriting. Topics discussed include: Fundamental principles in the neuroanatomy and

• Author : Hon. Donald Shelton
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Release Date : 2010-10-16
• ISBN : 9781442201897

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