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Forensic Science: A very short introduction

Author: Jim Fraser
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010
Price: £7.99 (paperback)
Isbn: 9780199558056

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Perfect corrective for all CSI Scunthorpe wannabes

By William Darragh

March 2010

This no-nonsense guide is an admirable alternative to the CSI science fiction juggernaut. Jim Fraser discusses expert evidence, DNA, fingerprints and confirmation bias, mentioning the Birmingham 6 and Sir Roy Meadow, though not Shirley McKie’s shameful persecution on the basis of supposedly infallible fingerprint evidence. Fascinating.

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