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The Impact of Scientific Evidence on the Criminal Trial

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The Impact of Scientific Evidence on the Criminal Trial

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The Case of DNA Evidence

The Impact of Scientific Evidence on the Criminal Trial

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The Impact of Scientific Evidence on the Criminal Trial book

The Case of DNA Evidence
ByOriola Sallavaci
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 12 February 2014
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315849782
Pages 224
eBook ISBN 9781315849782
Subjects Law, Social Sciences
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Sallavaci, O. (2014). The Impact of Scientific Evidence on the Criminal Trial: The Case of DNA Evidence (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315849782

ABSTRACT

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 limitations of existing theories of criminal trial processes in the face of increasing use of scientific evidence in the court room.  The research elucidates the interconnections at trial of three epistemologies, namely legal reasoning, as represented by counsel and trial judge, common sense manifested by the jury and scientific reasoning expounded by the expert witness. Sallavaci argues that while scientific reasoning is part of this hybrid of trial languages and practices, its extended use is producing specifically novel tensions which impact on the traditional criminal trial landscape.

Through the lens of DNA evidence, the book investigates how far the use of scientific evidence in the fact finding process poses challenges for the adversarial character of the proceedings and rules of evidence; how it affects the role of the judge, jury and expert witness, as well as the principle of orality and continuity of the trial. In comparing the challenges faced in English common law trials to those of the USA, this book has international scope, and will be of great use and interest to students and researchers of Criminal Law and Practice, Policing, and the role of Forensics in Law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|20 pages

Principles and features of the criminal trial

chapter 2|33 pages

Challenging the reliability of DNA evidence

chapter 3|34 pages

The admissibility of expert evidence

chapter 4|39 pages

The interpretation and presentation of DNA evidence

chapter 5|42 pages

Evaluating the weight of scientifi c evidence

chapter 6|13 pages

The impact of scientifi c evidence on the criminal trial

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