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Jim Fisher - Forensics Under Fire - 9780813542713 - V9780813542713
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Forensics Under Fire

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Description for Forensics Under Fire Hardback. Including examples from a host of criminal cases and familiar figures, this book presents evidence that forensic science has a long way to go before it lives up to its potential and the public's expectations. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFFX; JKVF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.

Television shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives make it look so easy. A crime-scene photographer snaps photographs, a fingerprint technician examines a gun, uniformed officers seal off a house while detectives gather hair and blood samples, placing them carefully into separate evidence containers. In a crime laboratory, a suspect's hands are meticulously examined for gunshot residue. An autopsy is performed in order to determine range and angle of the gunshot and time-of-death evidence. Dozens of tests and analyses are performed and cross-referenced. A conviction is made. Another crime is solved. The credits roll.

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In Forensics Under Fire, Jim Fisher makes a compelling case that these and other problems in the practice of forensic science allow offenders to escape justice and can also lead to the imprisonment of innocent people. Bringing together examples from a host of high-profile criminal cases and familiar figures, such as the JonBenet Ramsey case and Dr. Henry Lee who presented physical evidence in the O. J. Simpson trial, along with many lesser known but fascinating stories, Fisher presents daunting evidence that forensic science has a long way to go before it lives up to its potential and the public's expectations.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813542713
SKU
V9780813542713
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jim Fisher
Jim Fisher worked as a special agent, conducting criminal investigations for the FBI from 1966 to 1972. Later he taught criminal investigation, criminal law, and forensic science at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews for Forensics Under Fire
"Well-written and captivating—a fine book."
Captain Robert L. Snow
author of Technology and Law Enforcement, Murder 101, Sex Crimes Investigation
"This scholarly and well-researched work shines a light on the dark side of forensic science to expose the enormous damage inflicted on the criminal justice system by rogue and dishonest forensic practitioners."
Richard Saferstein,
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