Shelton, Donald E. <br/><br/>
Forensic science in court :  challenges in the twenty-first century / 
by Donald E. Shelton. 
 - Lanham, Md. :  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,   
 - x, 183 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Issues in crime & justice .
 - Issues in crime & justice (Lanham, Md.) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-175) and index. 
<br/><br/>The history and development of forensic scientific evidence -- The problem of junk science : Frye and the Daubert Triology -- DNA : the new gold standard -- The "who" question -- More "who" questions -- The "how" question -- The "whether" question : social science evidence in criminal cases -- Jurors and forensic science evidence. 
<br/><br/> Judge Donald E. Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal issues, from the history of evidence in court, to "gatekeeper" judges determining what evidence can be allowed, to the "CSI effect" in juries. The book describes and evaluates various kinds of evidence, including DNA, fingerprints, handwriting, hair, bite marks, tool marks, firearms and bullets, fire and arson investigation, and bloodstain evidence. --from publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442201873 1442201878 9781442201880 1442201886 9781442201897 1442201894 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010016853 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evidence, Expert--United States.<br/>Forensic sciences--United States.<br/>Evidence, Criminal--United States.<br/>Evidence, Criminal.<br/>Evidence, Expert.<br/>Forensic sciences.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF9674  / .S53 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.73/067