A multi-disciplinary perspective focusing on the variety of miscarriages of justice in the US legal system
PrefaceForeword, by Tiffany Murphy, JDAbout the AuthorsAbout the
Contributors
Section I. Miscarriages of Justice: Nature and FrequencyChapter 1:
Miscarriages of Justice: An IntroductionChapter 2: Wrongful
Conviction Rates
Section II. Miscarriages of Justice: Investigative CausesChapter 3:
Police CorruptionChapter 4: Eyewitness Identification: Uncertainty,
Error and Miscarriages of JusticeChapter 5: Police interrogations
and False ConfessionsChapter 6: Criminal Informants and Wrongful
Convictions
Section III. Miscarriages of Justice: Forensic CausesChapter 7:
Forensic Science, The CSI Effect & Wrongful Convictions Chapter 8:
Forensic Fraud and Misconduct Chapter 9: Bite Mark Evidence and
Miscarriages of Justice
Section IV. Miscarriages of Justice: Legal CausesChapter 10:
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Chapter 11: Prosecutorial
Misconduct
Section V. Miscarriages of Justice: RemediesChapter 12: Forensic
Reform Chapter 13: Miscarriages of Justice: Prevention and
Management
Glossary Index
Brent E. Turvey spent his first years in college on a pre-med track
only to change his course of study once his true interests took
hold. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State
University in Psychology, with an emphasis on Forensic Psychology,
and an additional Bachelor of Science degree in History. He went on
to receive his Masters of Science in Forensic Science after
studying at the University of New Haven, in West Haven,
Connecticut.
Since graduating in 1996, Brent has consulted with many agencies,
attorneys, and police departments in the United States, Australia,
China, Canada, Barbados and Korea on a range of rapes, homicides,
and serial/ multiple rape/ death cases, as a forensic scientist and
criminal profiler. He has also been court qualified as an expert in
the areas of criminal profiling, forensic science, victimology, and
crime reconstruction. In August of 2002, he was invited by the
Chinese People's Police Security University (CPPSU) in Beijing to
lecture before groups of detectives at the Beijing, Wuhan, Hanzou,
and Shanghai police bureaus. In 2005, he was invited back to China
again, to lecture at the CPPSU, and to the police in Beijing and
Xian - after the translation of the 2nd edition of his text into
Chinese for the University. In 2007, he was invited to lecture at
the 1st Behavioral Sciences Conference at the Home Team (Police)
Academy in Singapore, where he also provided training to their
Behavioral Science Unit. In 2012 Brent completed his PhD in
Criminology from Bond University in Gold Coast, Australia.
He is the author of Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to
Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions (1999,
2002, 2008, 2011); co- author of the Rape Investigation Handbook,
1st and 2nd Editions (2004, 2011), Crime Reconstruction 1st and 2nd
Editions (2006, 2011), Forensic Victimology (2008) and Forensic
Fraud (2013) - all with Elsevier Science. He is currently a full
partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with
Forensic Solutions, LLC, and an Adjunct Professor of Justice
Studies at Oklahoma City University. He can be contacted via email
at: bturvey@forensic-science.com.
Craig M. Cooley served as a Staff Attorney with the Innocence
Project in New York City for five years, where he represented
indigent inmates from across the United States trying to prove
their innocence with DNA testing. Mr. Cooley obtained DNA testing
for several of his clients that ultimately exonerated 10 innocent
prisoners. Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Mr. Cooley
served as an Assistant Federal Defender in Las Vegas, Nevada where
he represented Nevada death row inmates pursing federal habeas
relief. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Cooley received his
graduate degree in forensic science from the University of New
Haven and his undergraduate degree from the University of
Pittsburgh. During law school, Mr. Cooley served as an Investigator
with the Office of the State Appellate Defenders, Death Penalty
Trial Assistance Division in Chicago, Illinois, where he provided
assistance on several cases affected by Governor George Ryan’s 2003
pardons and commutations. A graduate of Northwestern School of Law,
Mr. Cooley has served as an adjunct professor of law at St. John’s
School of Law, Hofstra School of Law, and Cardozo School of Law.
His scholarship includes articles in Stanford Law & Policy Review,
Indiana Law Journal, George Mason University Civil Rights Law
Journal, New England Law Review, and other law journals and
reviews. Craig is currently a criminal defense attorney in private
practice, with offices in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
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