Judicial tribunals usually exercise considerable caution regarding the admissibility into evidence of expert testimony concerning some new phase of our ever increasing wealth of scientific knowledge. In certain instances this attitude has led courts of justice to reach apparently absurd results. The scientist occasionally reads with scorn the judicial denunciation of, or the refusal to consider, the application of a scientific principle or instrumentality. Yet the conscientious scientific investigator himself exhibits the same degree of caution, if not more, whenever there appears the announcement of some alleged discovery or invention.
Professor Inbau has contributed a number of important papers dealing with criminal law and scientific evidence to this and other professional journals, and his book, "Lie Detection and Criminal Interrogation" is recognized as the authoritative work in its field. Because of the many recent decisions on the admissibility of confessions obtained by police interrogators this timely article should do much to clear up the confusion on the subject in the minds of criminal investigators and prosecuting attorneys.-EDIToa.
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