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DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards.

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"I could not put it down. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of science." (Times Higher Education) "An interesting read.... It illustrates that the controversy of DNA profiling is rooted not in the science, but mainly in the restrictions of the adversarial system." (Nature)"

Truth Machine The Contentious History of DNA

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    A Hardback by Michael Lynch, Simon A. Cole, Ruth McNally

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226498065, 978-0226498065
      ISBN10: 0226498069
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      Computational biology / bioinformatics Genetics (non-medical) Science: general issues

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      Book Synopsis
      DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards.

      Trade Review
      "I could not put it down. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of science." (Times Higher Education) "An interesting read.... It illustrates that the controversy of DNA profiling is rooted not in the science, but mainly in the restrictions of the adversarial system." (Nature)"

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