ETHICS AND THE PRACTICE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE

Features •Includes a new chapter on bias and uncertainty •Provides context of forensic science ethics about general scientific ethics and ethics in criminal justice •Presents ethical conundrums and real-world examples that forensic scientists confront every day •Reviews the ethics and conduct codes of 20 different forensic and scientific professional organizations •Outlines the National Academies of Science (NAS) recommendations and progress made on ethics in forensic science since the release of the NAS report, including the formation of NIST’s OSAC Committees Summary While one would hope that forensic scientists, investigators, and experts are intrinsically ethical by nature, the reality is that these individuals have morality as varied as the general population. These professionals confront ethical dilemmas every day, some with clear-cut protocols and others that frequently have no definitive answers.