ETHICS, ISSUES AND EVIDENCE Flashcards
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dry-labbing
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most common unethical practice in science: reporting results without doing experiment
2
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hired gun
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giving testimony that will favour the client for a fee
3
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confirmation bias
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– tendency to search for and use only information that supports a belief or hypothesis
4
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contextual bias
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– where a person is influenced by clues surrounding the topic but not the content itself
5
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cognitive bias
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– poor or bad judgement based on perceptual distortion, illogical interpretations, or irrationality has been recognised for many years by scientists but its implications for forensic science practice have come to light in recent years, thanks to research by Dr Itiel Dror
6
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Bias
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- preference for or against a person, thing, group, idea or behaviour. being one sided.
- scientific method is designed to reduce or prevent bias
7
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Problems with expert evidence
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- Chaos theory
- The partisan expert (compare the role of lawyer to the role of expert)
- The adversarial system generally
8
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who can give opinion
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expert witness
