TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shelton,Donald E.
TI  - Forensic science in court: challenges in the twenty-first century 
T2  - Issues in crime & justice
SN  - 9781442201873
AV  - KF9674 .S53 2011
U1  - 345.73/067 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Evidence, Expert
KW  - United States
KW  - Forensic sciences
KW  - Evidence, Criminal
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-175) and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9781442201873
ER  -