An Expert Witness

Forensic Science on Trial

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Beschreibung:

Sue Black, the UK's leading forensic scientist, has forty years' experience analysing criminal case evidence. And acting as an expert witness, over the same period she has repeatedly put her research and reputation on the line, all in the name of justice.
Now in An Expert Witness she puts forensic science itself on trial. From nineteenth-century poisonings to modern sex crimes, the first identification techniques to the possibilities provided by artificial intelligence, Sue traces the evolution of forensics. She shows how the scientist sits in a fraught but critical relationship with both our law enforcers and the Law. And she reminds us that while there have been huge leaps forward - the discovery of DNA fingerprinting, Sue's own vein identification research - there are also cases like Andrew Malkinson, wrongly convicted and imprisoned for seventeen years, which demonstrate the horror when mistakes are made.
In the third book of a trilogy that includes All That Remains and Written in Bone, Sue uses shocking landmark cases to tell the story of forensic science: In which cases did justice prevail? Why do things go wrong? What should we fight to preserve? And why does this book mark the end to a key part of her extraordinary career.

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Über die Urheberinnen:

Professor Lady Sue Black is one of the world's leading anatomists and forensic anthropologists. She is President of St John's College, Oxford and previously Pro-Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. From 2003 to 2018 she was Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee. In 2026 she was appointed as Squadron Honorary Colonel of 2 (City of Dundee and Highland) Signal Squadron, 32 Signal Regiment Army Reserve and named as the new Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.

She was the lead anthropologist for the British Forensic Team in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo, and one of the first forensic scientists to travel to Thailand following the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Sue was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to forensic anthropology and is a Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. She is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Sunday Times bestsellers All That Remains, Written in Bone and An Expert Witness: Forensic Science on Trial.

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Produktdetails:

• Autor:in: Sue Black
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.07.2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• Seitenumfang: 400 Seiten
• ISBN: 9781529960877