Roberts, Paul; Stockdale, Michael --- "Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) [2018] ELECD 1150

Editor(s): Roberts, Paul; Stockdale, Michael

Title: Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony

Sub-title: Reliability through Reform?

Topics: Criminal Law and Justice

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 November 2018

Number of pages: c 464

ISBN: 9781788111027

Abstract/Description:

Forensic science evidence plays a pivotal role in modern criminal proceedings. Yet such evidence poses intense practical and theoretical challenges. It can be unreliable or misleading and has been associated with miscarriages of justice. In this original and insightful book, a global team of prominent scholars and practitioners explore the contemporary challenges of forensic science evidence and expert witness testimony from a variety of theoretical, practical and jurisdictional perspectives. Chapters encompass the institutional organisation of forensic science, its procedural regulation, evaluation and reform, and brim with comparative insight.