Truth Machine
The Contentious History of DNA Fingerprinting
416 pages, 33 halftones 6 x 9
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2008
Cloth $37.50
ISBN: 9780226498065
Published January 2009
Preface Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. A Revolution in Forensic Science? Interlude A. DNA Profiling Techniques Chapter 2. A Techno-Legal Controversy Interlude B. Admissibility, Controversy, and Judicial Metascience Chapter 3. Molecular Biology and the Dispersion of Technique Chapter 4. Chains of Custody and Administrative Objectivity Interlude C: The U.K. National DNA Database Chapter 5. Deconstructing Probability in the Case R. v. Deen Interlude D. Bayesians, Frequentists, and the DNA Database Search Controversy Chapter 6. Science, Common Sense, and DNA Evidence Chapter 7. Fixing Controversy, Performing Closure Chapter 8. Postclosure Interlude E. Fingerprinting and Probability Chapter 9. Fingerprinting: An Inversion of Credibility Chapter 1. Finality?
Cases References Index
Awards
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title Awards
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