Carole McCartney

Forensic Identification and Criminal Justice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book uncovers the way in which this new reliance on forensic technologies has gained a foothold within the criminal justice system, and the risks and dangers that this can pose.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134013302
• Artikelnr.: 41218247

Autorenporträt

Carole McCartney is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Leeds University. Her research interests include Australian justice, innocence projects, and DNA and criminal justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Forensic identification: the legal framework. Police
investigations and forensic identity evidence. Fingerprints and DNA
sampling: the legal framework 2. Forensic identification: the criminal
investigation. DNA and police investigations. The DNA Expansion Programme.
DNA and criminal detection rates. Forensic science and criminal
investigation: a case for caution?. Conclusion: forensic identification and
the criminal process 3. Forensic identification: the criminal trial. The
criminal trial: fairness or truth?. Identity 'matches': acceptance of
fingerprint and DNA evidence. The criminal trial: certainty and rectitude.
Conclusion: forensic identification and the criminal trial. Forensic
identification and criminal justice 4. The development of forensic identity
databases. The development of forensic identity databases. Fingerprint
databasing. A sceptical approach to forensic identity databases. Forensic
identity databases: some new risks. Forensic identity databases: current
problems, future risks. Conclusion: the endangerment of innocence in the
pursuit of security 5. Forensic identification in other jurisdictions.
Europe Pan-European developments. Interpol USA Canada New Zealand and
Australia. Conclusion: England and Wales - leading the way? 6. The future
of forensic identification: issues and prospects. Fingerprints and DNA in
the 'fight against crime'. Future applications for forensic identification
technologies. Forensic identification: human rights and civil liberties.
Forensic identity databases: issues and prospects. The 'infallibility' of
forensic identification. The information society: heading for 'information
overload'?. Conclusion: Cause for optimism, pessimism, or scepticism?