Forensic identification and criminal justice: forensic science, justice and risk / Carole McCartney.

Cullompton, Devon : Willan Publishing UK, 2006.

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Forensic sciences.

Identification.

Evidence, Expert.

1. Forensic identification: the legal framework --2. Forensic identification: the criminal investigation --3. Forensic identification: the criminal trial --4. The development of forensic identity databases --5. Forensic identification in other jurisdictions --6. The future of forensic identification: issues and prospects.

This book provides an account of the development of forensic identification technologies and the way in which this has impacted upon the legal system. The use of forensic evidence in criminal investigations and trials in the UK is analysed in detail, and comparisons drawn with the experience of forensic identification in other jurisdictions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781843921844

xxii, 247 p.