Convictions Without Truth - The Incompatibility of Science and Law

Convictions Without Truth sets out to determine whether and to what extent science and law may coexist in an institutional relationship that truthfully generates individualization through application of forensic testimony for charges relating to violations of criminal law.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Unscientific Forensic Practices
Chapter 3: Convictions Without Truth
Chapter 4: The Fixation of Belief
Chapter 5: Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology
Chapter 6: Conclusion

About the author

Robert Schehr is Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University, USA. His research expertise and publications focus on Wrongful Conviction, Political Economy of Law and Order, and the Jurisprudence of Plea Bargaining. He is an international speaker on the topic of Wrongful Conviction. Professor Schehr received a PhD in Sociology from Purdue University in 1991, a post-doctoral post at the University of Georgia, and has held positions at Colgate University, and the University of Illinois at Springfield. Dr. Schehr has been a United States Fulbright Scholar, where he taught at both Griffith College Law School and Trinity College Law School, Ireland. Currently he is undertaking a Masters in the Study of Law at Yale University.

Summary

Convictions Without Truth sets out to determine whether and to what extent science and law may coexist in an institutional relationship that truthfully generates individualization through application of forensic testimony for charges relating to violations of criminal law.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Schehr, Robert (Northern Arizona University Schehr, Schehr Robert
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032208725
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220872-5
• No. of pages: 86
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Forensic Science, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminology: legal aspects