Essays explore forensic science in global and historical context,
opening a critical window onto contemporary debates about the
universal validity of present-day genomic forensic practices.
Contemporary forensic science has achieved unprecedented visibility
as a compelling example of applied expertise. But the common public
view-that we are living in an era of forensic deliverance, one
exemplified by DNA typing-has masked the reality: that forensic
science has always been unique, problematic, and contested. Global
Forensic Cultures aims to rectify this problem by recognizing the
universality of forensic questions and the variety of practices and
institutions constructed to answer them. Groundbreaking essays
written by leaders in the field address the complex and contentious
histories of forensic techniques. Contributors also examine the
co-evolution of these techniques with the professions creating and
using them, with the systems of governance and jurisprudence in
which they are used, and with the socioeconomic, political, racial,
and gendered settings of that use. Exploring the profound effect of
"location" (temporal and spatial) on the production and enactment
of forms of forensic knowledge during the century before CSI became
a household acronym, the book explores numerous related topics,
including the notion of burden of proof, changing roles of experts
and witnesses, the development and dissemination of forensic
techniques and skills, the financial and practical constraints
facing investigators, and cultures of forensics and of criminality
within and against which forensic practitioners operate. Covering
sites of modern and historic forensic innovation in the United
States, Europe, and farther-flung imperial and global settings,
these essays tell stories of blood, poison, corpses; tracking
persons and attesting documents; truth-making, egregious racism,
and sinister surveillance. Each chapter is a finely grained case
study. Collectively, Global Forensic Cultures supplies a historical
foundation for the critical appraisal of contemporary forensic
institutions which has begun in the wake of DNA-based exonerations.
Contributors: Bruno Bertherat, Jose Ramon Bertomeu Sanchez,
Binyamin Blum, Ian Burney, Marcus B. Carrier, Simon A. Cole,
Christopher Hamlin, Jeffrey Jentzen, Projit Bihari Mukharji,
Quentin (Trais) Pearson, Mitra Sharafi, Gagan Preet Singh, Heather
Wolffram
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