Erin E Murphy

Inside the Cell

The Dark Side of Forensic DNA

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Produktbeschreibung

IS FORENSIC DNA THE NEXT FRONTIER OF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE? Current criminal justice policies have emboldened a system of mass incarceration, characterized by assembly-line justice, abuse of official power, racial and socioeconomic inequality, and unacceptable rates of wrongful conviction. Inside the Cell probes the scientific, statistical, legal, and ethical challenges presented by forensic DNA testing and explains how: - DNA analysis is highly subjective, given the poor quality of many crime scene samples - Crime labs operate with less oversight than your local nail salon - DNA statistics can mislead jurors about the probability of a match - Traces of DNA appear in places that a person never touched or visited - Stop and spit might be the new stop and frisk - Police use tricks to sneak DNA samples from discarded items - DNA databases are racially skewed, and current policies only aggravate that inequality - DNA tests uncover genetic traits beyond just useless junk - Police maintain rogue databases unregulated by law "

Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublicAffairs
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 164mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9781568584690
• ISBN-10: 1568584695
• Artikelnr.: 42199121

Autorenporträt

Erin Murphy is a professor at NYU School of Law and an expert in DNA forensics. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In addition to scholarly journals, her writing has appeared in Scientific American, New York Times, USA Today, Slate, San Francisco Chronicle, and Huffington Post . Follow her on Twitter @ErinMurphysLaw.