Ward, Tony and Wortley, Natalie (2017) A Critical Gap: Addressing the Reliability of Forensic Science Evidence. In: Criminal Bar Association Spring Conference 2017 - Expert Evidence, 20th May 2017, London, UK.
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This paper draws on the article 'Forensic Science, Scientific Validity and Reliability: Advice from America' (Ward, Edmond, Martire & Wortley, [2017] Crim LR 357), which considers the implications for English criminal courts of a major Report on forensic science from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, defining the concept of “validity” and showing how a number of forensic sciences fall short of this standard. Our conference paper focuses on how expert evidence of questionable validity can be controlled by measures short of exclusion.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | M100 Law by area M200 Law by Topic |
| Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School |
| Depositing User: | Natalie Wortley |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2017 11:23 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2019 11:47 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/32047 |
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