Lab questions 6 criminology/ madrid bombings !
1. what happened in the investigation of the madrid bombings with the fingerprint evidence?
2. what assumptions have been made about fingerprints? what are the problems with these assumptions?
3. how are fingerprint matches determined?
4. how does the fingerprint analysis different on television versus reality? what role does the examiner play in real life? what problems are there with this?
5. how is fingerprint evidence used differently since the mayfield case?
6. what other forensic techniques have come under fire as not being as scientific as presumed?
7. what technique is thought to be solidly scientific? why?
8. do defense teams have the ability to mount a defense against evidence? what affects their ability?
9. what makes someone an expert? what potential issues are there with this?
10. given the problems with forensic evidence, how should the criminal justice system respond?