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03308aam a2200409 i 4500 001 ACDA81FECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 201104t20212021caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020043891 020 $a 0520379330 020 $a 9780520379336 035 $a (OCoLC)1192970153 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d NDD $d GZL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a K5479 $b .G37 2021 100 1 $a Garrett, Brandon, $e author. 245 10 $a Autopsy of a crime lab : $b exposing the flaws in forensics / $c Brandon L. Garrett. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 252 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The bite mark case -- The crisis in forensics -- False ID -- Error rates -- Overstatement -- Qualifications -- Hidden bias -- The gatekeepers -- Failed quality control -- Crime scene contamination -- The rebirth of the lab -- Big data forensics -- Fixing forensics. 520 $a ""That's not my fingerprint, your honor," said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification." They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a range of well-known forensic evidence, from fingerprints and firearms to forensic algorithms. In this devastating forensic takedown, noted legal expert Brandon L. Garrett poses the questions that should be asked in courtrooms every day: Where are the studies that validate the basic premises of widely accepted techniques such as fingerprinting? How can experts testify with 100-percent certainty, when there is no such thing as a 100-percent match? Where is the quality control in the laboratories and at the crime scenes? Should we so readily adopt powerful new technologies like facial recognition software and rapid DNA machines? And why have judges been so reluctant to consider the weaknesses of so many long-accepted methods? Taking us into the lives of the wrongfully convicted or nearly convicted, into crime labs rocked by scandal, and onto the front lines of promising reform efforts driven by professionals and researchers alike, Autopsy of a Crime Lab illustrates the persistence and perniciousness of shaky science and its well-meaning practitioners"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a DNA fingerprinting $x Law and legislation. 650 0 $a Evidence, Expert. 650 0 $a Criminal investigation. 650 0 $a Forensic sciences. 650 0 $a Forensic genetics. 650 7 $a Criminal investigation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00883201 650 7 $a DNA fingerprinting $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01201805 650 7 $a Evidence, Expert. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917231 650 7 $a Forensic genetics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00931964 650 7 $a Forensic sciences. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00932011 776 08 $i Online version: $a Garrett, Brandon. $t Autopsy of a crime lab $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] $z 9780520976634 $w (DLC) 2020043892 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526014457.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ACDA81FECF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search