| Description |
xi, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Not far beyond the crossroads : A report card on forensic science -- My son! My son! : The murder of Graeme Thorne (Robert Bradley) -- How science had to catch up : Alexander McLeod-Lindsay waits 26 years for justice -- Where the adversary system worked : The prosecution of Ian Sinclair, MP, on forgery -- Without primary evidence : The conviction and exoneration of Edward Charles Splatt -- A hair-trigger verdict : Ballistics evidence in the case of Douglas Henry Rendell -- A forensic outrage : The Azaria Chamberlain case (Lindy & -- Deviants on the rampage : The murder of Peter Aston (Robin Reid & Paule Wayne Luckman) -- One murder two confessions : Linguistics evidence in the case of Kelvin Condren -- Bondage and discipline gone wrong : The death of Peter Plumley Walker (Renee Chignell & Neville Walker) -- Injustice nipped in the bud : The persecution of Harry 'the Hat' Blackburn |
| Summary |
Not far beyond the crossroads : A report card on forensic science -- My son! My son! : The murder of Graeme Thorne (Robert Bradley) -- How science had to catch up : Alexander McLeod-Lindsay waits 26 years for justice -- Where the adversary system worked : The prosecution of Ian Sinclair, MP, on forgery -- Without primary evidence : The conviction and exoneration of Edward Charles Splatt -- A hair-trigger verdict : Ballistics evidence in the case of Douglas Henry Rendell -- A forensic outrage : The Azaria Chamberlain case (Lindy & -- Deviants on the rampage : The murder of Peter Aston (Robin Reid & Paule Wayne Luckman) -- One murder two confessions : Linguistics evidence in the case of Kelvin Condren -- Bondage and discipline gone wrong : The death of Peter Plumley Walker (Renee Chignell & Neville Walker) -- Injustice nipped in the bud : The persecution of Harry 'the Hat' Blackburn |
| Analysis |
Cases (Law) |
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Criminal investigation |
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Evidence |
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Federal issue |
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Forensic science |
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State issue |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Criminal investigation -- Australia.
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Criminal investigation -- New Zealand.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- New Zealand -- Case studies.
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Evidence, Expert.
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Forensic sciences -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Forensic sciences -- Australia.
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Forensic sciences -- New Zealand -- Case studies.
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Forensic sciences -- New Zealand.
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| Author |
Whelan, Judith
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Wilson, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1941-
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| LC no. |
93119641 |
| ISBN |
0868400610 |
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