Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions

Problem: False accusations and wrongful convictions are victimizations by the investigatory and criminal justice system Remedy: Resorting to scientific observations of crime scenes Objectives I) To elucidate that improprieties in 'observing' crime scenes per se involving equivocal dea...

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Main Author: P.T., Jayaprakash
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan 2009
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description Problem: False accusations and wrongful convictions are victimizations by the investigatory and criminal justice system Remedy: Resorting to scientific observations of crime scenes Objectives I) To elucidate that improprieties in 'observing' crime scenes per se involving equivocal deaths lead to imagine 'homicide' impelling the investigators, prosecutors and judges to accuse/convict an innocent individual wrongfully II) To stress that 'observing' a crime scene in situ is part of forensic science practice and 'crime reconstruction' is the responsibility of the forensic investigator, a forensic science generalist Ill) To recommend the following remedial measures a) rejuvenating 'forensic science generalists' b) inclusion of forensic science crime scene management- as part of the law curriculum
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spelling usm-546322022-09-13T07:27:14Z http://eprints.usm.my/54632/ Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions P.T., Jayaprakash R5-920 Medicine (General) Problem: False accusations and wrongful convictions are victimizations by the investigatory and criminal justice system Remedy: Resorting to scientific observations of crime scenes Objectives I) To elucidate that improprieties in 'observing' crime scenes per se involving equivocal deaths lead to imagine 'homicide' impelling the investigators, prosecutors and judges to accuse/convict an innocent individual wrongfully II) To stress that 'observing' a crime scene in situ is part of forensic science practice and 'crime reconstruction' is the responsibility of the forensic investigator, a forensic science generalist Ill) To recommend the following remedial measures a) rejuvenating 'forensic science generalists' b) inclusion of forensic science crime scene management- as part of the law curriculum Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan 2009 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/54632/1/DR%20PT%20JAYAPRAKASH%20-%20e.pdf P.T., Jayaprakash (2009) Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions. Other. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan. (Submitted)
spellingShingle R5-920 Medicine (General)
P.T., Jayaprakash
Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions
title Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions
title_full Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions
title_fullStr Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions
title_full_unstemmed Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions
title_short Improprieties in Documenting Crime Scene Observations as Cause for Wrongful Convictions
title_sort improprieties in documenting crime scene observations as cause for wrongful convictions
topic R5-920 Medicine (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/54632/
http://eprints.usm.my/54632/1/DR%20PT%20JAYAPRAKASH%20-%20e.pdf