Overview
Description
Overview of use of medical evidence in the courtroom: nature of scientific evidence, expert testimony, pathology, toxicology, child abuse, and technological innovation.
Units
Lecture2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
S U Only
Learning Outcomes
- recognize the judge’s role as a “gatekeeper” of scientific evidence and expert testimony.
- assess the consistencies and contradictions between the culture of science and the culture of law.
- demonstrate understanding of the basic scientific and statistical concepts of “confidence intervals” and “statistical significance”, and understand how the two interrelate.
- identify the scientific methods available to researchers studying complex human behavior.
- rule with greater precision on the admissibility of DNA genetic identification evidence.
- outline the function and proper qualifications of a forensic pathologist.
- identify the key concepts of how computer forensic evidence is recovered and examined.