Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

by M. Chris Fabricant

Book Overview

"Fierce and absorbing . . . Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that allowed them to thrive." --Washington Post

From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. Juries put their faith in "expert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636141358
• ISBN13: 9781636141350
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"