Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Chapter One. A Revolution in Forensic Science? 1
6. Interlude A. DNA Profiling Techniques 24
7. Chapter Two. A Techno-Legal Controversy 39
8. Interlude B. Admissibility, Controversy, and Judicial Metascience 69
9. Chapter Three. Molecular Biology and the Dispersion of Technique 83
10. Chapter Four. Chains of Custody and Administrative Objectivity 113
11. Interlude C. The U.K. National DNA Database 142
12. Chapter Five. Deconstructing Probability in the case R. v. Deen 155
13. Interlude D. Bayesians, Frequentists, and the DNA Database Search Controversy 183
14. Chapter Six. Science, Common Sense, and DNA Evidence 190
15. Chapter Seven. Fixing Controversy, Performing Closure 220
16. Chapter Eight. Postclosure 256
17. Interlude E. Fingerprinting and Probability 293
18. Chapter Nine. Fingerprinting: An Inversion of Credibility 302
19. Chapter Ten. Finality? 335
20. Cases 347
21. References 349
22. Index 379