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245 10 a| Truth machine :b| the contentious history of DNA fingerprinting /c| Michael Lynch [and others].;

260 a| Chicago :b| University of Chicago Press,c| 2008.;

300 a| xxii, 391 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index.;

505 0 a| A revolution in forensic science? -- Interlude A : DNA profiling techniques -- A techno-legal controversy -- Interlude B : Admissibility, controversy, and judicial metascience -- Molecular biology and the dispersion of technique -- Chains of custody and administrative objectivity -- Interlude C : The U.K. National DNA Database -- Deconstructing probability in the case R. v. Deen -- Interlude D : Bayesians, frequentists, and the DNA database search controversy -- Science, common sense, and DNA evidence -- Fixing controversy, performing closure -- Postclosure -- Interlude E : Fingerprinting and probability -- Fingerprinting: an inversion of credibility -- Finality?;

520 a| DNA profiling-commonly known as DNA fingerprinting-is 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 error-in sample collection, forensic analysis, and clerical record keeping-as any other aspect of criminal justice practice. Truth Machine traces 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 Machine presents compelling evidence of the obstacles and opportunities at the intersection of science, technology, sociology, and law.--From publisher information.;

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Truth machine : the contentious history of DNA fingerprinting / Michael Lynch [and others].

Author/creator	Lynch, Michael, 1948-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Description	xxii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	DNA fingerprinting--History. DNA Fingerprinting--history.

Contents	A revolution in forensic science? -- Interlude A : DNA profiling techniques -- A techno-legal controversy -- Interlude B : Admissibility, controversy, and judicial metascience -- Molecular biology and the dispersion of technique -- Chains of custody and administrative objectivity -- Interlude C : The U.K. National DNA Database -- Deconstructing probability in the case R. v. Deen -- Interlude D : Bayesians, frequentists, and the DNA database search controversy -- Science, common sense, and DNA evidence -- Fixing controversy, performing closure -- Postclosure -- Interlude E : Fingerprinting and probability -- Fingerprinting: an inversion of credibility -- Finality?
Abstract	DNA profiling-commonly known as DNA fingerprinting-is 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 error-in sample collection, forensic analysis, and clerical record keeping-as any other aspect of criminal justice practice. Truth Machine traces 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 Machine presents compelling evidence of the obstacles and opportunities at the intersection of science, technology, sociology, and law.--From publisher information.
Local note	Little-352790--305131031008P
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index.
Other forms	View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web.
LCCN	2008001902
ISBN	9780226498065 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226498069 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780226498072 (pbk.)
ISBN	0226498077 (pbk.)

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