NCJ Number
30509
Editor(s)
J G CEDERBAUMS,
S ARNOLD
Date Published
1975
Length
561 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXTBOOK, INTENDED AS A GUIDE FOR BOTH PROSECUTORS AND DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, SUGGESTS APPROACHES FOR THE EXAMINATION AND CROSS EXAMINATION OF EXPERT TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Abstract
THIS COLLECTION OF SEVENTEEN ARTICLES COVERS THE FOLLOWING AREAS: THE USE AND MISUSE OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; AUTOPSIES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; THE PROPER USE OF A PSYCHIATRIC EXPERT; PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS; THE BALLISTICS INVESTIGATOR; NEUTRON ACTIVATION AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION ANALYSIS; POLYGRAPH EVIDENCE; AND VOICE IDENTIFICATION, INCLUDING VOICEPRINTS. OTHER TYPES OF SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL EVIDENCE DISCUSSED ARE DRUG ANALYSES, BREATHALYZER RESULTS, WIRETAPPING AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE, AND TAX ACCOUNTING TESTIMONY. APPENDED ARE A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON EVIDENCE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS, A LIST OF APPELLATE VOICEPRINT ADMISSIBILITY CASES AND THEIR DECISIONS, AND AN OUTLINE OF EMERGING CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN LAW AND PSYCHIATRY. (SNI ABSTRACT)