Turvey, Brent E.

Miscarriages of justice : actual innocence, forensic evidence, and the law / Brent E. Turvey, Craig M. Cooley. - Kidlington, Oxford, UK : Academic Press, 2014. - xx, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Miscarriages of Justice: Nature and Frequency: Chapter 1: Miscarriages of Justice: An Introduction -- Chapter 2: Wrongful Conviction Rates -- Section II. Miscarriages of Justice: Investigative Causes: Chapter 3: Police Corruption -- Chapter 4: Eyewitness Identification: Uncertainty, Error and Miscarriages of Justice -- Chapter 5: Police interrogations and False Confessions -- Chapter 6: Criminal Informants and Wrongful Convictions -- Section III. Miscarriages of Justice: Forensic Causes: Chapter 7: Forensic Science, The CSI Effect & Wrongful Convictions -- Chapter 8: Forensic Fraud and Misconduct -- Chapter 9: Bite Mark Evidence and Miscarriages of Justice -- Section IV. Miscarriages of Justice: Legal Causes: Chapter 10: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel -- Chapter 11: Prosecutorial Misconduct -- Section V. Miscarriages of Justice: Remedies: Chapter 12: Forensic Reform -- Chapter 13: Miscarriages of Justice: Prevention and Management.

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Judicial error.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Judicial error.

K 5560 / .T87 2014