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Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA Hardcover – Oct 6 2015

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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Bold Type Books (Oct. 6 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568584695
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568584690
  • Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 3.2 x 24.1 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 717 g
  • Customer Reviews: 4.0 out of 5 stars 1 customer review
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #159,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“The book is full of cases and examples that propel Murphy's discussion forward and will no doubt unsettle the average citizen. Thankfully she also provides actionable recommendations for policy changes in a legal system that so far has little to say about the collection and uses of DNA.” –Publishers Weekly

“A specialized work that will appeal to attorneys, investigators, crime writers, and others on the frontiers of forensic DNA laws and technologies.” –Kirkus Reviews

“This brilliant, accessible, and extremely important book by one of our foremost scholars has a timely message: Without disputing its transformative impact, Murphy argues that DNA testing is not a panacea for the criminal justice system or forensic scientists. Murphy provides a balanced, thoughtful, and essential roadmap to a more democratic future. A must-read.” —Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, cofounders, the Innocence Project

From the Back Cover

IS FORENSIC DNA THE NEXT FRONTIER OF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE?

Current criminal justice policies have emboldened a system of mass incarceration, characterized by assembly-line justice, abuse of official power, racial and socioeconomic inequality, and unacceptable rates of wrongful conviction. Inside the Cell probes the scientific, statistical, legal, and ethical challenges presented by forensic DNA testing and explains how:

- DNA analysis is highly subjective, given the poor quality of many crime scene samples
- Crime labs operate with less oversight than your local nail salon
- DNA statistics can mislead jurors about the probability of a match
- Traces of DNA appear in places that a person never touched or visited
- Stop and spit” might be the new stop and frisk”
- Police use tricks to sneak DNA samples from discarded items
- DNA databases are racially skewed, and current policies only aggravate that inequality
- DNA tests uncover genetic traits beyond just useless junk”
- Police maintain rogue” databases unregulated by law

About the Author

Erin Murphy is a professor at NYU School of Law and an expert in DNA forensics. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School. In addition to scholarly journals, her writing has appeared in Scientific American, New York Times, USA Today, Slate, San Francisco Chronicle, and Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter @ErinMurphysLaw.



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