Forensic anthropology and the United States judicial system

259 Pages·2019·4.24 MB·English

by  Fulginiti, Laura C., Galloway, Alison, Hartnett-McCann, Kristen

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Forensic Anthropology
and the United States
Judicial System
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Forensic
Anthropology
and the United States
Judicial System
EDITEDBY
Laura C. Fulginiti
MaricopaCountyOfficeoftheMedicalExaminer
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Arizona,USA
Kristen Hartnett-McCann
StateofConnecticutOfficeoftheChiefMedicalExaminer
Connecticut,USA
Alison Galloway
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz
USA
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Title:ForensicanthropologyandtheUnitedStatesjudicialsystem/[edited
by]LauraC.Fulginiti,KristenHartnett-McCann,AlisonGalloway.
Description:Firstedition.|Hoboken,NJ:Wiley,2019.|Series:Forensic
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This volume is dedicated to Dr. Walter Hudson Birkby
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Contents
Notesoncontributors, xiii
Preface, xix
Seriespreface, xxiii
Foreword, xxv
Acknowledgments, xxix
Abouttheeditors, xxxi
Glossary, xxxiii
PartI Context
1 Confrontation:whereforensicsciencemeetsthesixthamendment, 3
JenniferC.LoveandLauraC.Fulginiti
1.1 Sixthamendment, 4
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1.1.1 Ohiov.Roberts,448U.S.56(1980).ArguedNovember
26,1979–decidedJune23,1980, 5
1.1.2 Crawfordv.Washington,541U.S.36(2004).Argued
November10,2003–decidedMarch8,2004, 7
1.1.3 Melendez-Diazv.Massachusetts,557U.S.305(2009).
ArguedNovember10,2008–decidedJune25,
2009, 8
1.1.4 Bullcomingv.NewMexico,564U.S.647(2011).Argued
March2,2011–decidedJune23,2011, 10
1.1.5 Williamsv.Illinois,567U.S.50(2012).Argued
December6,2011–decidedJune18,2012, 11
1.2 Impactonforensicpractitioners, 12
1.A Appendix, 14
1.A.1 ExampleofFloridaapplicationtocompel
testimony, 16
1.A.2 ExampleofArizonacourtorderinresponsetoFlorida
request, 17
References, 17
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viii Contents
2 “Somewhereinthistwilight”:thecircumstancesleadingtothe
NationalAcademyofSciences’report, 19
ThomasHollandandChristianCrowder
2.1 Introduction, 19
2.2 ThelongroadtoDaubert, 20
2.2.1 TheFryestandardofgeneralacceptance, 20
2.3 Thefederalrulesofevidence, 22
2.4 Theriseofthetoxictort, 24
2.5 DaubertandthesupremacyoftheFRE, 25
2.6 TheaftermathofDaubert, 28
2.7 LleraPlazaandtheassaultonfingerprints, 28
2.8 Fear,reality,andforensicanthropology, 30
2.9 Thegauntletisthrown:theNASgetsinvolved, 31
2.10 TheCSIeffect, 31
2.11 Thecongressionalresponse, 32
2.12 Theforensicsciencesrespond, 33
2.13 Pickingupthegauntlet, 34
2.14 Conclusions, 35
Notes, 37
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3 Fromthelaboratorytothewitnessstand:researchtrendsandmethod
validationinforensicanthropology, 41
JonathanD.BethardandElizabethA.DiGangi
3.1 Introduction, 41
3.2 Researchinforensicanthropology–abibliometricsurvey, 43
3.3 Courtdecisionsandresearch, 48
3.4 Conclusionandapathforward, 49
Acknowledgments, 50
References, 50
4 Expertiseandtheexpertwitness:contemporaryeducational
foundationsofforensicanthropology, 53
KatelynL.BolhofnerandAndrewC.Seidel
4.1 Abriefhistoricaloverviewofthediscipline, 54
4.2 Theeducationalbackgroundofearlyforensic
anthropologists, 55
4.3 Theforensicanthropologistasexpertwitness, 57
4.4 Currenteducationalprogramsandtrainingopportunities, 58
4.4.1 Contemporaryeducationalprogramsforforensic
anthropologists, 59
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