This book explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial. It examines the lim

In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, t

Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of

Shelton describes the startling questions that have arisen about the reliability of many forms of scientific evidence which were traditionally regarded as relia