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Cited by the National Academy of Sciences in its 2009 report on the nation's forensic science system as the resource for learning about the latest forensic techniques and scientific concepts used in collecting and evaluating evidence, and by the U.S. Supreme Court in its leading decisions, Daubert v. Merrell Dow and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, Scientific Evidence is authored by five of the nation's foremost authorities on the subject. Organized logically and written in clear terms for the active litigator, Scientific Evidence first covers rules and precedents relating to admissibility, constitutional limitations, discovery, expert testimony, laboratory reports, and chain of custody. It then analyzes the most frequently encountered scientific evidence and the latest developments in scientific evidence, the use of probabilistic genotyping software to analyze complex DNA samples, neuroscience, facial recognition, drugged driving testing, blockchain, and the use of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in drug testing.
Now more than ever, it's imperative that defense counsel, prosecutors, civil litigators, and judges keep abreast of scientific techniques to demonstrate or disprove a connection between forensic evidence and an individual. This three-volume resource provides:
- Comprehensive overview of cutting-edge scientific techniques;
- Clearly written technical chapters reviewed by leading experts;
- Extensive citations to statutory authority and the latest case law;
- The grounding in fact attorneys need to work with expert witnesses;
- Annual supplementation to incorporate the latest scientific and legal developments.
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Edward J. Imwinkelried
Edward J. Imwinkelried is the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Professor of Law Emeritus at UC Davis School of Law. A nationally recognized expert on subjects such as DNA typing, forensic psychiatry, and laser techniques for fingerprint detection, Professor Imwinkelried is the author of more than 200 books and other publications. He is frequently called upon for advice on privileges and the admissibility of evidence of other crimes, and his treatise Scientific Evidence is considered authoritative. Professor Imwinkelried served as an army lawyer in the XXIV Corps and 196th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam in 1971-1972. He went on to become a lecturer on evidence, criminal procedure, crimes and trial advocacy in the Criminal Law Division of the Judge Advocate General's School in Virginia, then a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and Washington University before coming to UC Davis in 1985. He has also taught as a Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, University of Houston, and University College Dublin.
Paul C. Giannelli
Paul C. Giannelli is the Albert J. Weatherhead III & Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University. Professor Giannelli has written extensively in the field of evidence and criminal procedure, especially on the topic of scientific evidence. He has published articles in the Columbia, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Hastings, Cardozo, and Case Western Reserve law reviews, as well as in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (Northwestern University), Criminal Law Bulletin, and the American Criminal Law Review (Georgetown University). He has also published in interdisciplinary journals, such as the International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, the New Biologist, Profiles in DNA, the Journal of Legal Medicine, and the Journal of Forensic Science.
He has authored nine books. Among them are: Understanding Evidence (5th ed. 2018) (Carolina Academic Press/LexisNexis); Cases and Materials on Evidence (7th ed. 2006) (with Broun & Mosteller); Scientific Evidence (6th ed. 2020) (LexisNexis/Matthew Bender) (with Imwinkelried); and Courtroom Criminal Evidence (6th ed. 2016) (Michie/LexisNexis) (with Imwinkelried, Gilligan & Lederer).
Professor Giannelli's work has been cited in hundreds of court opinions and legal articles, including the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Scheffer (1998); Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993); Hudson v. Palmer (1984); Barefoot v. Estelle (1983). He currently serves as Reporter for the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards on Biological Evidence and co-chair for the ABA Ad Hoc Committee on Innocence. In 2019, he was awarded with the 2019 Wigmore Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Association of Law Schools Evidence Section.
Table of contents
VOLUME 1
Group One: Pretrial and Trial Evidence; Constitutional Concerns
CHAPTER 1 - EXPERT TESTIMONY
CHAPTER 2 - STATISTICAL EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 3 - SECURING EXPERT ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 4 - DISCOVERY, LABORATORY REPORTS, AND CHAIN OF CUSTODY
CHAPTER 5 - CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES RELATED TO SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 6 - LABORATORY REPORTS, CONFRONTATION, AUTHENTICATION, AND CHAIN OF CUSTODY
Group Two: Behavioral and Social Science Evidence
CHAPTER 7 - SOCIAL SCIENCE EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 8 - EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION
CHAPTER 9 - POLYGRAPH AND DECEPTION TESTS
CHAPTER 10 - [RESERVED]
CHAPTER 11 - [RESERVED]
Group Three: Feature Comparison Matching
CHAPTER 12 - FINGERPRINTS
VOLUME 2
CHAPTER 13 - FIREARMS, TOOLMARK AND RELATED EXAMINATIONS
CHAPTER 14 - QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
CHAPTER 15 - VOICE IDENTIFICATION AND FACIAL RECOGNITION
CHAPTER 16 - [RESERVED]
Group Four: Genetic Markers and Pathology
CHAPTER 17 - GENETIC MARKERS OTHER THAN DNA
CHAPTER 18 - THE DNA GENETIC MARKER
CHAPTER 19 - PATHOLOGY
CHAPTER 20 - [RESERVED]
Group Five: Testing For Substances and Trace Analysis
CHAPTER 21 - TOXICOLOGY
CHAPTER 22 - INTOXICATION TESTING
CHAPTER 23 - DRUG IDENTIFICATION
VOLUME 3
CHAPTER 23A - Code of Professional Practice for Drug Analysts
CHAPTER 24 - TRACE EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 24A - Forensic Glass Examination
CHAPTER 25 - INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 26 - DIGITAL EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 27 - [RESERVED]
Group Six: Forensic Evidence at the Scene
CHAPTER 28 - ARSON
CHAPTER 29 - EVENT RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 30 - [RESERVED]
