Fingerprint analysts, firearms and toolmark examiners, and forensic odontologists often rely
on the uniqueness proposition in order to support their theory of identification. However …

▪ Abstract DNA profiling and searchable databases enhance the ability of policing
organizations to search for criminal suspects. In many respects, these technologies are …

The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas, debates, topics,
approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It …

Realist Vision explores the claim to represent the world “as it is.” Peter Brooks takes a new
look at the realist tradition and its intense interest in the visual. Discussing major English and …

The legal academy currently consists of roughly two groups, two kinds of scholars, two sets
of questions and concerns. On the one hand are the constitutional theorists, the legal …

Why do so many people voluntarily consent to searches by have the police search their
person or vehicle when they know that they are carrying contraband or evidence of illegal …

Long-used types of forensic science-fingerprint examination, handwriting analysis, firearms
and toolmark comparison, and other forms of pattern and impression evidence-are …

The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition, assists judges in managing
cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by describing the basic tenets of …

Law attempts to shape human behavior and therefore can benefit from behavioral science.
Psychology and economics can clarify legal concepts like intent and damages, and can …

This Article challenges the new orthodoxy offorensic science. In so doing, it reframes the
debate about the role offorensic evidence in the criminal justice system in three respects …