Add to ORKGOne of the most controversial recommendations in the National Academy of Sciences report on forensic science — Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: The Path Forward — concerns the removal of crime laboratories from the administrative control of law enforcement agencies. For decades scholars have commented on the “inbred bias of crime laboratories affiliated with law enforcement agencies.” Some commentators have proposed independent laboratories as the remedy for this problem, and in 22, the Illinois Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment proposed the establishment of an independent state crime laboratory. This essay documents the problems that triggered the NAS Report’s recommendation. It also examines the counter argum...
Forensic science is a vital component of the criminal justice system. Undoubtedly, thousands of guil...
Bias can influence the decisions of a Forensic Scientist through the use of task irrelevant informat...
Forensic science has been evolving towards a separation of more and more specialised tasks, with for...
One of the most controversial recommendations in the National Academy of Sciences report on forensic...
Over the past two decades, significant efforts have established categories of crimes motivated by bi...
As it stands, forensic science and its practitioners are held in high regard in criminal court proce...
In 29, the National Academy of Sciences published a landmark report on forensic science: Strengtheni...
Overview Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, ...
Addressing bias in forensic science must entail more than temporarily hiding information from a benc...
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote that states can be laboratories for experimentat...
DNA testing has exonerated over 200 convicts, some of whom were on death row. Studies show that a su...
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor\u27s Council Report
The American criminal justice system is at a turning point. For decades, as the rate of incarceratio...
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences released a report entitled Strengthening Forensic Science:...
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences released a report entitled Strengthening Forensic Science:...
Forensic science is a vital component of the criminal justice system. Undoubtedly, thousands of guil...
Bias can influence the decisions of a Forensic Scientist through the use of task irrelevant informat...
Forensic science has been evolving towards a separation of more and more specialised tasks, with for...
One of the most controversial recommendations in the National Academy of Sciences report on forensic...
Over the past two decades, significant efforts have established categories of crimes motivated by bi...
As it stands, forensic science and its practitioners are held in high regard in criminal court proce...
In 29, the National Academy of Sciences published a landmark report on forensic science: Strengtheni...
Overview Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, ...
Addressing bias in forensic science must entail more than temporarily hiding information from a benc...
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote that states can be laboratories for experimentat...
DNA testing has exonerated over 200 convicts, some of whom were on death row. Studies show that a su...
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor\u27s Council Report
The American criminal justice system is at a turning point. For decades, as the rate of incarceratio...
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences released a report entitled Strengthening Forensic Science:...
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences released a report entitled Strengthening Forensic Science:...
Forensic science is a vital component of the criminal justice system. Undoubtedly, thousands of guil...
Bias can influence the decisions of a Forensic Scientist through the use of task irrelevant informat...
Forensic science has been evolving towards a separation of more and more specialised tasks, with for...