Review of: Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law, 2nd edition

The Book Forensic Evidence: Science and the Criminal Law is intended to serve as an introductionand guide to the appreciation and understanding of the significant historical, contemporary, and future relationship between the world of the forensic sciences and the criminal justice system. This book is not intended to be a close study of forensic science, nor was it ever conceived as becoming one. It is devoted to a study of the judicial response to uses of forensic science in all phases of criminal procedure. The audience to which this study is directed are those intimately or potentially involved in that relationship: police, forensic scientists, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and professors and students- future lawyers.

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Institutional problems in the indian judicial system relating to admissibility of scientific evidence: Causes and remedies

IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences ◽

10.18231/j.ijfmts.2021.011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 43-46

Author(s):

Anjum Parveer ◽

Sandhya Verma

Keyword(s):

Criminal Law ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Judicial System ◽

Forensic Evidence ◽

Court Proceeding

Problems with Justice are many although the object of every criminal Law is Justice, because Administration of Law always seeks to fair conclusion of Criminal Litigation. However, there are many stakeholders like Police, Court and State and also Prosecution and Accused in this process, who according to their interest make all out attempt to drag the course of Court proceeding towards the ends favourable to them. This article analyzes these sorts of institutional problems in the field of Admissibility of forensic evidence.

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Sem/X-Ray Applications to the Forensic Science Field

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100091937 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 390-391

Author(s):

K. Culbreth

Keyword(s):

Forensic Science ◽

Depth Of Field ◽

Surface Phenomena ◽

Criminal Cases ◽

Forensic Evidence ◽

Science Field ◽

X Ray ◽

Hit And Run ◽

Evaluation Of Evidence ◽

Scanning Electron

The introduction of scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray analysis to forensic science has provided additional methods by which investigative evidence can be analyzed. The importance of evidence from the scene of a crime or from the personal belongings of a victim and suspect has resulted in the development and evaluation of SEM/x-ray analysis applications to various types of forensic evidence. The intent of this paper is to describe some of these applications and to relate their importance to the investigation of criminal cases.The depth of field and high resolution of the SEM are an asset to the evaluation of evidence with respect to surface phenomena and physical matches (1). Fig. 1 shows a Phillips screw which has been reconstructed after the head and shank were separated during a hit-and-run accident.

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