The Good and Bad Legacies of Forensic Odontology

Autor: C. Michael Bowers

Publikováno v: Journal of the California Dental Association, Vol 51, Iss 1 (2023)

ABSTRACTModern science is based on the acknowledgment of change and adaptation of beliefs, methods, generated by vigorous periods of discovery. Forensic science and dental science are no exception. Nearly a quarter of the 3,345 of those exonerated in

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Review of a forensic pseudoscience: Identification of criminals from bitemark patterns

Autor: C. Michael Bowers

Publikováno v: Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 61

The forensic sciences are a combination of laboratory procedures and physical comparisons of objects associated with victims, perpetrators, and crime scenes. The former is largely university-based protocols adopted by crime labs. The latter is predom

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30447642

The Psychology and Sociology of Wrongful Convictions : Forensic Science Reform

Autor: Wendy J Koen, C. Michael Bowers

Wrongful convictions are the result of faulty or false scientific evidence in 50% of the cases. Defense counsel is often at a great disadvantage in defending against evidence based on science. Illusory Evidence: The Psychology and Sociology of Wrongf

Forensic bitemark identification: weak foundations, exaggerated claims

Autor: Paul C. Giannelli, C. Michael Bowers, Brandon L. Garrett, Nizam Peerwani, M. Bonner Denton, Sandy L. Zabell, D. Michael Risinger, Shari Seidman Diamond, Karen Kafadar, Thomas L. Bohan, David L. Faigman, Alan B. Morrison, Rachel Dioso-Villa, George Sensabaugh, Peter J. Bush, Mary A. Bush, David Korn, William C. Thompson, Jonathan J. Koehler, Jerome P. Kassirer, Lisa Faigman, Joseph L. Peterson, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Barbara E. Bierer, Ross E. Zumwalt, Clifford H. Spiegelman, Thomas D. Albright, Simon A. Cole, Arturo Casadevall, Erin Murphy, Jules Epstein, Hal S. Stern, Edward J. Imwinkelried, Stephen E. Fienberg, Michael J. Saks, James L. Wayman, Allan Jamieson, Henry T. Greely

Publikováno v: Journal of Law and the Biosciences
Journal of law and the biosciences, vol 3, iss 3
Saks, MJ; Albright, T; Bohan, TL; Bierer, BE; Bowers, CM; Bush, MA; et al.(2016). Forensic bitemark identification: weak foundations, exaggerated claims.. Journal of law and the biosciences, 3(3), 538-575. doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsw045. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/33x6f8h8

Several forensic sciences, especially of the pattern-matching kind, are increasingly seen to lack the scientific foundation needed to justify continuing admission as trial evidence. Indeed, several have been abolished in the recent past. A likely nex

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Preface

Autor: C. Michael Bowers, Wendy J. Koen

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https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-802719-6.05001-9