Truth Machine - The Contentious History of Dna Fingerprinting

Klappentext DNA profiling--commonly known as DNA fingerprinting--is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence! a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony! confessions! and other forms of forensic evidence. But DNA evidence is far from infallible. "Truth Machine" traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the United States and United Kingdom beginning in the mid-1980s! when the practice was invented! and continuing until the present. Ultimately! "Truth Machine "presents compelling evidence of the obstacles and opportunities at the intersection of science! technology! sociology! and law. Zusammenfassung DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence! a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony! confessions! and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards.

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• Authors: Simon Cole, Simon A. Cole, Simon A. Lynch Cole, Cole Simon A., Kathleen Jordan, Jordan Kathleen, Michael Lynch, Michael Cole Lynch, Michael E. Lynch, Michael E. Cole Lynch, Michael/ Cole Lynch, Lynch Michael E., Ruth McNally, McNally Ruth
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9780226498072
• ISBN: 978-0-226-49807-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SCIENCE / History, LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, History of Science, Forensic Science