| Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) |
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Front Cover; Miscarriages of Justice: Actual Innocence, Forensic Evidence, and the Law; Copyright; Contents; Preface; IDENTIFYING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE; References; Foreword; WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: UNDERSTANDING CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCE; About the Authors; About the Contributors; Section 1 -- Miscarriages of Justice: Natureand Frequency; Chapter 1 -- Miscarriages of Justice: An Introduction; THE ROLE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE; MISCARRIAGES: A TYPOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; CAUSAL FACTORS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 -- Wrongful Conviction Rates |
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CONTEMPORARY RESEARCHCORRELATES AND CAUSES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Section 2 -- Miscarriages of Justice: Investigative Causes; Chapter 3 -- Police Corruption; DUTY OF CARE; BREAKING THE LAW TO UPHOLD IT; NOBLE CAUSE CORRUPTION; PATROL OFFICERS; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 -- Eyewitness Identification: Uncertainty, Error, and Miscarriages of Justice; A HISTORY OF UNRELIABILITY; MEMORY; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH EYEWITNESS MEMORY; NEW JERSEY AND THE HENDERSON CASE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 -- Police Interrogations and False Confessions; WHAT IS A FALSE CONFESSION? |
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Chapter 10 -- Ineffective Assistance of CounselTHE RIGHT TO "EFFECTIVE" COUNSEL; CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE; INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL; PRETRIAL EFFECTIVENESS ISSUES; EFFECTIVENESS ISSUES AT TRIAL; REFERENCES; Chapter 11 -- Prosecutorial Misconduct; CRIMINAL PROSECUTORS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT: NUMBERS AND ORIGINS; MISCONDUCT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRETRIAL MISCONDUCT; ETHICAL ISSUES DURING TRIAL; INCENTIVIZED MISCONDUCT; REFERENCES; Section 5 -- Miscarriages of Justice: Remedies; Chapter 12 -- Forensic Reform |
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Chapter 8 -- Forensic Fraud and MisconductCULTURAL CONFLICTS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; DIFFERENTIATING FRAUD AND NEGLIGENCE; FALSE TESTIMONY; FORENSIC FRAUD; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 -- Bitemark Evidence and Miscarriages of Justice; INTRODUCTION; PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF THOSE PRACTICING BITEMARK COMPARISON; BITEMARK ANALYSIS: THE EVIDENCE, METHODS, AND ASSUMPTIONS; A BRIEF LEGAL DISCUSSION; DESCRIPTIONS OF BITEMARK EXONERATIONS AND ERRONEOUS INCARCERATIONS; DESCRIPTIONS OF WRONGFUL ARRESTS BASED ON BITEMARK EVIDENCE; Section 4 -- Miscarriages of Justice: LegalCauses |
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FALSE CONFESSION TYPOLOGYCONFESSION LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERROGATION AND THE REID TECHNIQUE; FALSE CONFESSIONS, INEVITABILITY, AND BLAME; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 -- Criminal Informants and Wrongful Convictions; INFORMANTS AS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL; TYPES OF INFORMANTS; INFORMANTS AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS; INCOMPETENT OR CORRUPTIBLE; SUGGESTED REFORMS; REFERENCES; Section 3 -- Miscarriages of Justice: Forensic Causes; Chapter 7 -- Forensic Science, The CSI Effect, and Wrongful Convictions; THE CSI EFFECT; FORENSIC SCIENCE UNDER SCRUTINY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES |
| Summary |
Miscarriages of Justice: Actual Innocence, Forensic Evidence, and the Law focuses on the variety of miscarriages issues in the United States legal system. Written by leaders in the field, it is particularly valuable to forensic scientists and attorneys evaluating evidence or preparing for trial or appeal in cases where faulty evidence features prominently, and for those interested in developing arguments for miscarriage in post-conviction review of criminal cases. Chapters focus specifically on issues of law enforcement bias and corruption; false confessions; ineffective counsel and pro |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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The legal community: a unique perspective |
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Description based on print version record |
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Evidence, Expert -- United States.
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Forensic sciences -- United States.
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Judicial error.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cooley, Craig M.
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| ISBN |
0124095283 (electronic bk.) |
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9780124095281 (electronic bk.) |
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