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Ethical Standards in Forensic Science outlines the state of the forensic science and engineering fields with respect to recognized methods and application of science, mathematics, and technology in the civil and criminal legal system in the United States. Significant emphasis is placed on the ethical role of the practicing
List of contents
- PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SYMBOLS AND UNITS
FOREWORD
- Introduction to Forensic Science
- The State of Forensic Sciences
- Introduction
- Some Historical Perspective
- The Court System
- Rules of Evidence
- The NAS report
- The Role of Science
- The Need for Experimentation and Testing - The Confluence of Experiment and Theory
- The Role of the Forensic Practitioner and Expert Witness
- Bias and Error
- Ethics
- The Court System and the Role of the Attorney – Limitations Placed on the Expert
- Questionable Science and Common Misconceptions
- Fire Sciences
- Odontology
- Fingerprints
- Tool marks and Firearms
- Structures, Gravity, and Wind
Appendix A VALUES OF FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS
Appendix B CONVERSION FACTORS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
About the author
Harold Franck founded Advanced Engineering Associates Inc. (AEA) in 1989 with a home office in Charleston, West Virginia and a satellite office in St. Petersburg, Florida. Harold holds a BSEE and MSEE from West Virginia University. AEA is a forensic engineering investigative company that also perform a certain amount of design associated with losses. The main thrust of the company involves accident reconstruction, fire dynamic analysis, electrical incidents, structural distress, and biomechanics of injury.
Darren Franck is president of AEA and had been with the company since 1995. Darren holds a BSCE from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MSME from Georgia Institute of Technology and has extensive experience in 3D animations and simulations as applied to forensic cases. The principals of the company are registered professional engineers and have certificates of authority in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Summary
Ethical Standards in Forensic Science outlines the state of the forensic science and engineering fields with respect to recognized methods and application of science, mathematics, and technology in the civil and criminal legal system in the United States. Significant emphasis is placed on the ethical role of the practicing
