Forensic evidence in court: evaluation and scientific opinion / Craig Adam.

Author/creator Adam, Craig
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Description1 online resource.
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Subjects

Contents An introduction to the admissibility of expert scientific opinion -- Admissibility from the legal perspective -- Forensic science and the law: the path forward -- Scientific opinion and the law in practice -- Fundamentals of the interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence -- Case studies in expert opinion -- Formal methods for logical evaluation -- Case studies in probabilistic opinion -- Cognitive bias and expert opinion -- The evaluation of DNA profile evidence -- Low template DNA -- Footwear marks in court -- Fingerprints and fingermarks - identifying individuals? -- Trace evidence, databases and evaluation -- Firearm and tool-mark evidence -- Expert opinion and evidence of human identity -- Questioned documents -- Bloodstain pattern analysis -- Conflicting expert opinion: SIDS and the medical expert witness.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Adam, Craig. Forensic evidence in court evaluation and scientific opinion United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, 2016 9781119054412
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016012473
ISBN9781119054429 (pdf)
ISBN9781119054436 (epub)

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