In Search of Evidence 0
The Boston Review, blows the underpinnings from all the CSIs, Bones, and a number of other cop science(-fiction) shows by looking at what happens in real-life crime labs–failing to observe the chain of custody, falsifying results, and generally doing sloppy, if not downright incompetent, work.
Here’s a bit:
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It shouldn’t be controversial to point out that forensic science is not really a science to begin with, not in the sense of disciplines such as biology and physics. Forensic science covers whatever techniques produce physical evidence for use in law.
