Carole McCartney

Forensic Identification and Criminal Justice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an account of the development of forensic identification technologies and the way in which this has impacted upon the legal system. It traces the advent of forensic identification technologies, focusing on fingerprinting and forensic DNA typing, and their growing deployment within the criminal justice system. It also elucidates the ways in which these new technologies are accelerating procedural changes to investigative practices, and shows the ways in which in some areas human rights (such as privacy rights and rights against discrimination) are coming under threat. The use of forensic evidence in criminal investigations and trials is analysed in detail.

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. The National DNA Database provides a particular focus of attention. The author seeks to move beyond an approach that has seen forensic DNA profiling as error free, situating her analysis within broader risk discourses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• 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?