映画やドラマなどの影響から、多くの人を魅了する法科学は、科学と法の間を複雑に行き来する一分野です。その本質をはじめ、法科学が犯罪捜査にどう活かされているのか、鑑識、現場検証、科学的鑑定などの過程も交えて解説します。第2版はDNA、薬物の解析や、デジタルデバイスに記録された情報の回収と分析調査が飛躍的な進歩を遂げている現状を踏まえ、全面的に改訂を施しました。重要性の増す認知バイアスの問題や、いくつかの手法の信頼性に関し、近年指摘されている疑問などにも言及します。
Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a tyre mark. Complex scientific findings must be considered carefully and dispassionately, and communicated with clarity, simplicity, and precision. High profile cases such as the Stephen Lawrence enquiry and the Madeleine McCann case have attracted enormous media attention and enhanced general interest in this area in recent years.
In this Very Short Introduction, Jim Fraser introduces the concept of forensic science and explains how it is used in the investigation of crime. He begins at the crime scene itself, explaining the principles and processes of crime scene management, and drawing on his own personal experience of high profile cases including, the murder of Rachel Nickell and the unsolved murder of Jill Dando. Fraser explores how forensic scientists work; from the reconstruction of events to laboratory examinations. He considers the techniques they use, such as fingerprinting, and goes on to highlight the immense impact DNA profiling has had. Providing examples from forensic science cases in the UK, US, and other countries, he considers the techniques and challenges faced around the world. This new edition has been fully updated to take into account developments in areas such as DNA analysis and drug analysis, and the growing field of digital forensics. Topical areas explored include the growing significance of cognitive bias in forensic science, and recent research that raises doubts about the validity of some forensic techniques.
Preface and acknowledgements to second edition
1: What is forensic science
2: Investigating crime
3: Crime scene management and forensic investigation
4: Laboratory examination: search, recovery, and analysis
5: DNA: identity, relationships, and databases
6: Prints and marks: more ways to identify people and things
7: Trace evidence
8: Drugs and toxicology
9: Science and justice - a case study
Further reading
Index
"Well written and accessible... [and] does not shy away from the various controversies that have come to plague the discipline of forensic science in recent years." - Professor David Wilson, author of My Life With Murderers
ISBN : 9780198834410
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