Paradigms of forensic science and legal process: a critical diagnosis

Roberts, Paul

doi:10.1098/rstb.2014.0256

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“…Forensic science is a specialty having the burden of legal issues. Roberts et al 24) reported a few basic criticisms concerning the forensic scientists and their role in the criminal law. Saks et al 25) recently raised an issue related to wrongful conviction.…”

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Brain Trauma Mortality Rate Score Scale (BTMRSS): Postmortem Evaluation of the Events

Nikova

Dimitrov²

2020

Korean J Neurotrauma

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Objective Brain trauma and its burden is becoming a significant cause of permanent damage and deterioration. Prioritization at the place of the incident and calculation of mortality are leading factors for the final management, but all of them are obtained from living patients. When the autopsies are made there is no actual score system to guide the forensic scientists in their conclusions. Should all of the cadavers with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been dead? Therefore, we aim to present a score system—brain trauma mortality score scale (BTMSS), aiming to evaluate postmortem the actual risk of mortality. Methods We established a score scale, which could be used on cadavers for the evaluation of the events. Afterwards, we applied this score scale on the reports of the cadavers who suffered blunt force TBI for a 10-year period of time between 2007 and 2016. Thereafter, the results were processed with SPSS version 25. Results The outcome showed that there is a significant difference between the scores of the cadavers who died at the place of the incident and those who died in hospital thus approving that the BTMSS works well, as well as the importance of level I trauma center. Conclusion Every score system could show something useful for the management of the TBIs. The solution and improvement in the outcome of the current study would be a level I trauma center with a qualified neurosurgical department.

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Brain Trauma Mortality Rate Score Scale (BTMRSS): Postmortem Evaluation of the Events

Nikova

Dimitrov²

2020

Korean J Neurotrauma

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“…Entender como a prova material afeta o julgamento e os direitos fundamentais pode ajudar na administração da justiça. [1][2][3][4] Nesse contexto, essa edição está repleta de trabalhos importantes e de avaliação da atividade científica aplicada à justiça.…”

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Procedimentos Periciais em Foco

Bruni¹,

Silva²,

Telles³

et al. 2019

Rev. Bras. Crimin.

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“…13 The preservation of exhibits post conviction is paramount in the hope of advances in judicial understanding in line with those in scientific knowledge.Precisely because scientific evidence often provides the best and most reliable proof of an offender's identity and has won for itself an aura of credibility verging – in some minds – on infallibility, flawed expert evidence can be a potent source of injustice. 14 …”

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“…Precisely because scientific evidence often provides the best and most reliable proof of an offender's identity and has won for itself an aura of credibility verging – in some minds – on infallibility, flawed expert evidence can be a potent source of injustice. 14…”

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‘Let them have it!’ A review of the retention and storage of, and access to, material post conviction in England and Wales

Shorter

Madland

2019

Med Sci Law

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Records kept, physical material seized, samples taken and extracts derived during a criminal investigation are retained post conviction in case they could assist a subsequent appeal against conviction. Forensic evidence is the application of scientific analysis to the law. Its presentation in court involves not just the material itself but a suitably learned scientist’s opinion of its significance, and that opinion may be called into question, scientific understanding being in constant flux. Scientific opinion presented in court today may be superseded tomorrow – a powerful argument for the retention of all material which could be subjected to new tests or interpretation in the light of new information. But are exhibits being retained appropriately? A Freedom of Information request to all police forces in England and Wales was undertaken to ascertain their retention practices. The far-from-uniform results are presented and discussed here, along with policy recommendations.

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Paradigms of forensic science and legal process: a critical diagnosis

Cited by 20 publications

References 39 publications

Brain Trauma Mortality Rate Score Scale (BTMRSS): Postmortem Evaluation of the Events

Brain Trauma Mortality Rate Score Scale (BTMRSS): Postmortem Evaluation of the Events

Procedimentos Periciais em Foco

‘Let them have it!’ A review of the retention and storage of, and access to, material post conviction in England and Wales

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