Research Catalog

Title

Strengthening forensic science in the United States : a path forward / Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Science, Technology, and Law.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics.

Description

xx, 328 pages; 24 cm

Subjects

• Criminal investigation > United States
• Forensic sciences > United States
• Evidence, Criminal > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The Forensic Science Community and the Need for Integrated Governance -- 3. The Admission of Forensic Science Evidence in Litigation Law and Science -- 4. The Principles of Science and Interpreting Scientific Data -- 5. Descriptions of Some Forensic Science Disciplines -- 6. Improving Methods, Practice, and Performance in Forensic Science -- 7. Strengthening Oversight of Forensic Science Practice -- 8. Education and Training in Forensic Science -- 9. Medical Examiner and Coroner Systems: Current and Future Needs -- 10. Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems -- 11. Homeland Security and the Forensic Science Disciplines -- A. Biographical Information of Committee and Staff -- B. Committee Meeting Agendas.

ISBN

• 9780309131353 (hardcover)
• 0309131359 (hardcover)
• 9780309131315 (pbk.)
• 0309131316 (pbk.)

LCCN

2009011443

OCLC

• ocn317068125
• SCSB-5484399

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries