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9780226498072

Truth Machine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226498072

  • ISBN10:

    0226498077

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

DNA profilingcommonly known as DNA fingerprintingis often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. But DNA evidence is far from infallible. It is subject to the same possibilities for errorin sample collection, forensic analysis, and clerical record keepingas any other aspect of criminal justice practice. Truth Machinetraces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the United States and United Kingdom beginning in the mid-1980s, when the practice was invented, and continuing until the present. Using interviews, observations of courtroom trials and laboratory processes, and documentary reconstruction, the authors provide a nuanced, theoretically sophisticated, and original ethnographic account of DNA fingerprinting and its evolution. Ultimately,Truth Machinepresents compelling evidence of the obstacles and opportunities at the intersection of science, technology, sociology, and law.

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