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Confirmation Bias: The Pitfall of Forensic Science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
As it stands, forensic science and its practitioners are held in high regard in criminal court proceedings due to their ability to discover irrefutable facts that would otherwise go unnoticed.
Moser, Scott
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“Sorting Things out”: A Scoping Review of Sexual Homicide Typologies

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sexual homicides are complex crimes that have been the focus of numerous classification systems aimed at aiding investigations, understanding offender behavior, and informing treatment plans. Over the past 25 years, a variety of typologies have been developed to categorize these offenses.
Eric Beauregard, Julien Chopin
wiley   +1 more source

DISSERTATIONS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2014
Information about recently defended PhD dissertations on topics relevant to the field of forensic science and criminalistics.
openaire   +8 more sources

Forensics’ Fight: A Need for Aggressive Strategies Against Confirmation Bias [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences produced a lengthy report illuminating significant weaknesses present within the forensic community. One complex fault found in forensics was conformation bias.
McGowan, Madison
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Beyond Legal Rights: Understanding Mental Health and Autonomy in Criminal Self‐Representation

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines criminal defendants who waived legal representation to self‐represent in court. Through interviews with 16 participants and courtroom observations, findings reveal intersecting factors driving this decision: mental health challenges, desire for autonomy, attorney mistrust, dissatisfaction with past legal ...
Shai Farber
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial Forensics: Revolutionizing Biochemical Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Eva Childrey is a junior forensic science and chemistry double major working in Dr. Eh- rhardt’s research laboratory at VCU. The main goal of the research conducted in this laboratory is to explore the lipid profiles of different bacterial ...
Cain, Caitlin
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Beyond the Evidence: How Race, Chronological Age, and Developmental Age Shape Juror Verdicts in Sexual Assault Cases

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an overrepresentation of Indigenous people (both as accused and victims of crime) and those with developmental delays in the Canadian Criminal Justice System. The current research examined the influence of defendant and victim race (involving Indigenous people), as well as defendant developmental and chronological age, on mock‐jurors’
Bailey M. Fraser   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scientific Excellence in the Forensic Science Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This Article was prepared as a companion to the Fordham Law Review Reed Symposium on Forensic Expert Testimony, Daubert, and Rule 702, held on October 27, 2017, at Boston College School of Law.
Isenberg, Alice R., Oien, Cary T.
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