Fingerprint comparison evidence has been under sustained attack in the United States of America for the last number of years : is the critique with regard to reliability sufficiently penetrating to warrant the exclusion of this valuable evidence?

dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, Wium P.
dc.contributor.emailwium.devilliers@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-04T13:09:51Z
dc.date.available2014-04-04T13:09:51Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.description.abstractThe decision in Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals 509 US 579 (1993) brought about renewed attention to and scrutiny of fingerprint comparison evidence in the United States of America. In terms of the decision courts were to act as the gatekeepers with respect to the admissibility of scientific expert evidence. This article describes these events and investigates the grounds upon which challenges were made to fingerprint comparison evidence in the courts, as well as the position that was taken by the courts. The article also considers the fundamental test for the admission of expert evidence, and whether the critique pointed out by the defendants in the cases with regard to reliability are sufficiently penetrating to warrant the exclusion of fingerprint comparison evidence.en
dc.description.librarianhb2014en
dc.description.librarianai2014
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijlcjen
dc.description.urihttp://www.up.ac.za/lawen
dc.identifier.citationDe Villiers, WP 2014, 'Fingerprint comparison evidence has been under sustained attack in the United States of America for the last number of years : is the critique with regard to reliability sufficiently penetrating to warrant the exclusion of this valuable evidence?', International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 54-70.en
dc.identifier.issn1756-0616 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1876-763X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.ijlcj.2014.01.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/39611
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rights© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, vol.42, no.1, pp. 54-70, 2014. doi : 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2014.01.004en
dc.subjectFingerprint comparison evidenceen
dc.subjectACE-Ven
dc.subjectExpert evidenceen
dc.subjectIndividualizationen
dc.subject.lcshFingerprints -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshEvidence, Criminal -- United Statesen
dc.subject.lcshAdmissible evidence -- United Statesen
dc.titleFingerprint comparison evidence has been under sustained attack in the United States of America for the last number of years : is the critique with regard to reliability sufficiently penetrating to warrant the exclusion of this valuable evidence?en
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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