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Cops in lab coats : curbing wrongful convictions through independent forensic laboratories /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Sandra Guerra
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Criminal investigation > Texas > Houston.
Forensic sciences > Texas > Houston.
Judicial error > Texas > Houston.
Criminal investigation.
Forensic sciences.
Judicial error.
Texas > Houston.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Bad science wreaks havoc-the George Rodriguez story
  • A national crisis
  • The complex critique of forensic science
  • The paradox of the ethical-and biased
  • analyst
  • Safeguarding justice
  • Resisting independence
  • Houston's laboratory experiment
  • Conclusion: reimagining the practice of forensic science
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author.