Ethics and the Practice of Forensic Science

Ethics and the Practice of Forensic Science, 2e explores the ethical issues facing those who work in the forensic sciences, highlighting the complicated nature of ethics and decision-making at the crime scene, lab, and in the courts. This edition provides a new chapter on the "Ferguson Effect" faced by the criminal justice system, an exploration of ethical conundrums and real-world examples that forensic scientists confront every day, as well as an outline of the NAS recommendations and progress made on ethics in forensic science. The book serves both as an essential resource for laboratories and as an invaluable textbook for the growing number of courses on ethics in criminal justice and forensic science.