An Empirical Research Agenda for the Forensic Sciences
An Empirical Research Agenda for the Forensic Sciences After the National Academy of Sciences issued a stunning report in 2009 on the unscientific state of many forensic science subfields, forensic…
Prosecutors and Victims: Why Wrongful Convictions Matter
Prosecutors and Victims: Why Wrongful Convictions Matter Often, discussions of wrongful convictions focus almost entirely on the wrongfully convicted and ignore two important constituencies: prosecutors and crime victims. Both constituencies…
Prohibition, Stare Decisis, and the Lagging Ability of Science to Influence Criminal Procedure
Prohibition, Stare Decisis, and the Lagging Ability of Science to Influence Criminal Procedure Science has revealed that, contrary to longstanding intuitions, eyewitnesses are sometimes mistaken and false confessions do occur.…
Who Could it be Now? Challenging the Reliability of First Time In-Court Identifications After State v. Henderson and State v. Lawson
Who Could it be Now? Challenging the Reliability of First Time In-Court Identifications After State v. Henderson and State v. Lawson Despite the recent advances in assessing the reliability of…
The Chronic Failure to Discipline Prosecutors for Misconduct: Proposals for Reform
The Chronic Failure to Discipline Prosecutors for Misconduct: Proposals for Reform While most prosecutors adhere to the maxim that their primary task is to obtain just results, there are some…
The Exercise of Power in Prison Organizations and Implications for Legitimacy
The Exercise of Power in Prison Organizations and Implications for Legitimacy Extrapolating from Bottoms and Tankebe’s framework for a social scientific understanding of “legitimacy,” we argue that differences in how…
Recidivism and Time Served in Prison
Recidivism and Time Served in Prison A justification for lengthier stays in prison stems from the belief that spending more time in prison reduces recidivism. Extant studies, however, have provided…
Sleuthing Scientific Evidence Information on the Internet
Sleuthing Scientific Evidence Information on the Internet Read the syndicated article here
Looking Backwards at Old Cases: When Science Moves Forward
Looking Backwards at Old Cases: When Science Moves Forward Forensic evidence—be it in the form of science-derived analyses such as DNA profiling or drug identification, or in more subjective analyses…
Fulfilling Daubert's Gatekeeping Mandate Through Court-Appointed Experts
Fulfilling Daubert's Gatekeeping Mandate Through Court-Appointed Experts Read the syndicated article here