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Autopsy of a crime lab : exposing the flaws in forensics, Brandon L. Garrett
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- Summary
- ""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 legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100-percent certainty, when there is no such thing as a 100-percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted methods? Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Contents
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- The bite mark case
- The crisis in forensics
- False ID
- Error rates
- Overstatement
- Qualifications
- Hidden bias
- The gatekeepers
- Failed quality control
- Crime scene contamination
- The rebirth of the lab
- Big data forensics
- Fixing forensics
- Isbn
- 9780520379336
- Label
- Autopsy of a crime lab : exposing the flaws in forensics
- Title
- Autopsy of a crime lab
- Title remainder
- exposing the flaws in forensics
- Statement of responsibility
- Brandon L. Garrett
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- ""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 legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100-percent certainty, when there is no such thing as a 100-percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted methods? Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners"--
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- Garrett, Brandon
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- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- DNA fingerprinting
- Evidence, Expert
- Criminal investigation
- Forensic sciences
- Forensic genetics
- Criminal investigation
- DNA fingerprinting
- Evidence, Expert
- Forensic genetics
- Forensic sciences
- Label
- Autopsy of a crime lab : exposing the flaws in forensics, Brandon L. Garrett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- The bite mark case -- The crisis in forensics -- False ID -- Error rates -- Overstatement -- Qualifications -- Hidden bias -- The gatekeepers -- Failed quality control -- Crime scene contamination -- The rebirth of the lab -- Big data forensics -- Fixing forensics
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520379336
- Lccn
- 2020043891
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- n
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- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
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- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1192970153
- Label
- Autopsy of a crime lab : exposing the flaws in forensics, Brandon L. Garrett
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The bite mark case -- The crisis in forensics -- False ID -- Error rates -- Overstatement -- Qualifications -- Hidden bias -- The gatekeepers -- Failed quality control -- Crime scene contamination -- The rebirth of the lab -- Big data forensics -- Fixing forensics
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 252 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520379336
- Lccn
- 2020043891
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1192970153
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