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ETHICS, MISTAKES & ERRORS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE, FORENSIC LABS
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NAS REPORT ON FORENSIC SCIENCE & CRIME LABS:
MEDIA COVERAGE, COMMENTS, RESPONSES---(Reddy's Forensic Page)
'Badly Fragmented' Forensic Science System Needs Overhaul;
Evidence to Support Reliability of Many Techniques Is Lacking
ETHICS
Eyhics Workshop sponsored by the IAFS was held on July 21,
2008 in New Orleans, LA. (Webcast & PP)
Ethics in the Forensic Sciences: Value Based Decision Making by Dan B. Gunnell (ppt) (MFRC)
Ethics in Forensic Science: Professional Standards
for the Practice of Criminalistics (Peter D. Barnett) (Google Book)
Forensic science under siege: the challenges of forensic laboratories
and ... By Kelly Pyrek
Forensic
Crime Labs: Scrutinizing Results, Audits & Accreditation-- Part I
Forensic Crime Labs: Scrutinizing Results, Audits & Accreditation -- Part 2
FORENSIC SCIENCE: THE NEED
FOR REGULATION by Randolph N. Jonakait
BEYOND BAD APPLES: ANALYZING THE ROLE OF FORENSIC
SCIENCE IN WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS by William C. Thompson
The Courts, the NAS, and the Future of Forensic Science by Jennifer L. Mnookin
Ethics and Forensic Science by Aric W. Dutelle
American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) CODE OF
ETHICS AND CONDUCT
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIME LABORATORY
DIRECTORS (ASCLD) CODE OF ETHICS
CODE OF ETHICS OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINALISTS (CAC)
Ethics Resources at CAC
An Examination of Forensic Science in
California - California Crime Laboratory Review Task Force
FORENSIC SCIENCE, ETHICS AND THE EXPERT WITNESS by Gil Sapir
FORENSIC SCIENCE AND THE EXPERT WITNESS by Gil Sapir
PROSECUTORS, ETHICS, AND
EXPERT WITNESSES by Paul C. Giannelli & Kevin C. McMunigal
Statistical Issues in Assessing Forensic
Evidence by Karen Kafadar
The lessons of wrongful
convictions by Jon B. Gould
Getting Forensics Right
by Radley Balko (Reason.com)
The case for raw data: “Integration” in Gas
Chromatography: How to make an innocent person guilty in a DUI case by manipulating the software
by J. McShane
Mass Spectrometry is only computer assisted pattern recognition by J. McShane
Medical Examiners Lack Qualifications, Competence, Oversight
by Matt Clarke
Ethical Issues (enotes.com)
Guilty by Association By Thai Phi Le (DCBar.org)
CRIME AND SCIENCE: Part One (WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL)
CRIME AND SCIENCE: Part Two (WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL)
Meaningful Oversight is Necessary for Reliable Forensic Science
Witness for the
prosecution: Crime lab is loyal to law enforcement
No silver bullets in forensic evidence
Challenging the Admission of Forensic Evidence
Forensic Science Commissions:
a waste of taxpayer dollars? You be the judge.(Crime Lab Report)
Online Ethics Center
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology
Adventures in Ethics and Science
Free Books on Ethics and Science from NAS
Invalid Forensic Science Testimony and Wrongful
Convictions by Brandon L. Garrett and Peter J. Neufeld (Virginia Law Review)
How Well Does Forensic Evidence Stand Alone? (New York Law Journal)
The Truth About 4 Common
Forensics Methods (Popular Mechanics)
Improving the Practice and Use of Forensic Science
Forensic Science: Grand Goals, Tragic Flaws,
and Judicial Gatekeeping
How Scientists View Law Enforcement
Irish Council for Bioethics
wrongful-convictions
Accuracy and Precision
ACS Presidential Committee on Ethics
Criminal Justice Ethics-Journal
Codes of Ethics and Conduct-Murdoch University
The Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics
National Whistleblower Center (NWC)
Expert Alert
Is a DNA Identification Database in Your Future?
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA: EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES
Innocence Project at the Cardozo Law School in New York (Scheck and Neufeld)
Innocence Project Links
Innocence Project Resources
Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence,
Case Western Reserve University)
Ethics in Science
Ethics - Related Articles in Forensics by D.H. Garrison, Jr.
Ethics and the Internet
Scandals in Justice Magazine
Forensic Science: The Need
for Regulation by Randolph N. Jonakait, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Spring 1991
Forensic Science: Oxymoron? by
Donald Kennedy, Science, 5 December 2003
Forensic Science: Grand Goals, Tragic Flaws, and Judicial Gatekeeping by Jane Campbell Moriarty and Michael J.
Saks, Judges’ Journal, Fall 2005
CSI for Real: How to Improve Forensic Science,
by Roger Koppl, Reason Foundation, 1 December 2007
The CSI Effect: Popular Fiction
About Forensic Science Affects Public Expectations About Real Forensic Science, N. J. Schweitzer and Michael J. Saks,
Jurimetrics, Spring 2007
CSI Myths: The Shaky
Science Behind Forensics, Popular Mechanics, 18 December 2009
MISTAKES & ERRORS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE, FORENSIC LABS
Ignorance is bliss (The Economist)
False Confessions Confuse Forensics - Podcast (Scientific American)
PROGRAMMERS AND FORENSIC
ANALYSES:ACCUSERS UNDER THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE by KAREN NEVILLE1
The myth of CSI: In reality, many forensic science labs are corrupt or incompetent (Boston Globe)
Reducing Error Rates: A New Institutional
Arrangement for Forensic Science by Roger Koppl, Institute of Forensic Science Administration, Fairleigh Dickinson
University
Trial by
Fire – Did Texas execute an innocent man?, by David Grann, New Yorker, 7 September 2009
Agents’ Secrets, The News & Observer, a series
of reports in August 2010 about the NC State Bureau of Investigation
Report on the Erroneous Fingerprint Individualization in the Madrid Train Bombing Case
by Robert B. Stacey
Summary of the FBI Laboratory’s Gunshot Residue Symposium, May 31–June 3, 2005
Status and Needs of Forensic Science Service
Providers: A Report to Congress
Historic Audit of Virginia Crime Lab Errors in Earl Washington Jr.’s Capital Case
The Contribution Statistics Can Make to “Strengthening Forensic Science"
THE CRIMES OF CRIME LABS by
J. Herbie DiFonzo (Hofstra Law Review)
DAUBERT AND
FORENSIC SCIENCE: THE PITFALLS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTROL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH by Paul C. Giannelli
Forensic science errors are cited; strict
rules urge (Los Angels Times)
Myths & Misconceptions -
Correcting the Record (Crimelabreport)
Confirmation Bias, Ethics, and Mistakes in
Forensics
Cognitive Bias in Forensic Science-Bibliography
How scientific is forensic science? (UCLA Today)
The Elephant in the Crime Lab
(The Forensic Examiner)
Forensic lab errors in
hundreds of crime cases (guardian.co.uk)
New SBI chief removes
lab director, suspends more analysts
SBI bullet analysis shaky
A tarnished gem
More Police Lab Corruption
Tarnish On The 'Gold
Standard': Recent Problems In Forensic DNA Testing
From the start, a faulty
science: Testimony on bite marks prone to error (Chicago Tribune)
Bite-mark verdict faces new
scrutiny: Release of other Death Row inmate prompts Arizona to order DNA tests (Chicago Tribune)
“Hero” of the Phoenix Police Department Crime Lab Forced to Resign
Top lab repeatedly botched
DNA tests. Audit: Errors pass reviews in Virginia Death Row case
Guilty, said bite
expert. Bogus, says DNA
THE CRIMES OF CRIME LABS (Hofstra Law Review)
San Francisco crime lab scandal strains justice system
Forensic science in the dock
A lab-tech wreck for the NYPD:
'Faked' tests send DAs scrambling (New York Post)
NYS INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION OF THE
TRACE EVIDENCE SECTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION CENTER
REPORT ON THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME LABORATORY LATENT PRINT DEVELOPMENT UNIT INCIDENT
New York State Inspector General Report of Drug Test Irregularities
at the NYPD Forensic Laboratory in 2002
State Inspector General Finds Serious Errors in NYPD Crime Laboratory in 2002
New York State Commission of Investigation Report on
Ballistic Expert/Microscopist of NYPD Police Lab
New York State Inspector General Finds Systemic Failures in Nassau Crime
Lab Procedures, Management and Oversight - Full Report (184 pages)
Nassau County Shuts Down Crime Lab
(New York Times)
Conn.
Crime Lab Faces Scrutiny Over Struggles
The Need for Independent Forensic Audits Now By Barry Scheck
Forensic Labs: Shattering the Myth By Janine Arvizu
FORENSIC FRAUD (Forensic Solutions LLC)
FORENSIC MISADVENTURES (Forensic Solutions LLC)
CSI chief's fed. trial opens (Omaha.com)
A Forensics Charlatan Gets Caught in the Act (ReasonOn-line)
Dr. Michael West Speaks Out, Says He Has "Lost Faith in the System"
(ReasonOn-line)
Forensic Failures (The Crime Reporter)
The DNA Debacle: How the Federal Government Botched the DNA Backlog Crisis (Pro Publica)
Study examines 234
wrongful convictions
BaltimoreSun coverage: City crime
lab problems
Criminalist taken
off case work (fibre evidence)
Outside consultant
to review Massachusette's crime lab system
Mass. Crime Lab Administrator Suspended
Lawmakers look for
answers in mishandling of DNA
Commission on Proceedings Involving Guy
Paul Morin: The Honourable Fred Kaufman, C.M., Q.C.
The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation into Laboratory Practices
and Alleged Misconduct in Explosives-Related and Other Cases (April,1997)
Forensic Entomology:
Myths Busted!, Forensic Magazine, October/November 2006
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