Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Frye V. United States of America
Author: United States of America V. Frye
Author: United States of America V. Frye
Author: Frye V. United Steelworkers of America
Author: Daubert V. Frye
Author: Jennifer RouthPublisher:
ISBN: 9781634256612
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"A Still-Life Watercolor"
Author: JE. StarrsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admissibility
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
A review is made of documentary material in Frye v. Unites States, the case that set the precedent for the Frye test for the admissibility of scientific evidence. The author concludes that the facts of the original case have become seriously distorted with the passage of time.
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Author: DNA Technology in Forensic Science
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309045878
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Matching DNA samples from crime scenes and suspects is rapidly becoming a key source of evidence for use in our justice system. DNA Technology in Forensic Science offers recommendations for resolving crucial questions that are emerging as DNA typing becomes more widespread. The volume addresses key issues: Quality and reliability in DNA typing, including the introduction of new technologies, problems of standardization, and approaches to certification. DNA typing in the courtroom, including issues of population genetics, levels of understanding among judges and juries, and admissibility. Societal issues, such as privacy of DNA data, storage of samples and data, and the rights of defendants to quality testing technology. Combining this original volume with the new update-The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence-provides the complete, up-to-date picture of this highly important and visible topic. This volume offers important guidance to anyone working with this emerging law enforcement tool: policymakers, specialists in criminal law, forensic scientists, geneticists, researchers, faculty, and students.
Evidence
Author: Paul R. RicePublisher:
ISBN: 9780820543734
Category : Evidence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309134404
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide attention in the murder trial of celebrity O. J. Simpson. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence reports on developments in population genetics and statistics since the original volume was published. The committee comments on statements in the original book that proved controversial or that have been misapplied in the courts. This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic toolâ€"modifying some recommendations presented in the 1992 volume. The update addresses two major areas: Determination of DNA profiles. The committee considers how laboratory errors (particularly false matches) can arise, how errors might be reduced, and how to take into account the fact that the error rate can never be reduced to zero. Interpretation of a finding that the DNA profile of a suspect or victim matches the evidence DNA. The committee addresses controversies in population genetics, exploring the problems that arise from the mixture of groups and subgroups in the American population and how this substructure can be accounted for in calculating frequencies. This volume examines statistical issues in interpreting frequencies as probabilities, including adjustments when a suspect is found through a database search. The committee includes a detailed discussion of what its recommendations would mean in the courtroom, with numerous case citations. By resolving several remaining issues in the evaluation of this increasingly important area of forensic evidence, this technical update will be important to forensic scientists and population geneticistsâ€"and helpful to attorneys, judges, and others who need to understand DNA and the law. Anyone working in laboratories and in the courts or anyone studying this issue should own this book.