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Forensic science is in crisis and at a cross-roads. Movies and
television dramas depict forensic heroes with high-tech tools and
dazzling intellects who-inside an hour, notwithstanding
commercials-piece together past-event puzzles from crime scenes and
autopsies. Likewise, Sherlock Holmes-the iconic fictional
detective, and the invention of forensic doctor Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle-is held up as a paragon of forensic and scientific
inspiration-does not "reason forward" as most people do, but
"reasons backwards." Put more plainly, rather than learning the
train of events and seeing whether the resultant clues match those
events, Holmes determines what happened in the past by looking at
the clues. Impressive and infallible as this technique appears to
be-it must be recognized that infallibility lies only in works of
fiction. Reasoning backward does not work in real life: reality is
far less tidy. In courtrooms everywhere, innocent people pay the
price of life imitating art, of science following detective
fiction. In particular, this book looks at the long and disastrous
shadow cast by that icon of deductive reasoning, Sherlock Holmes.
In The Sherlock Effect, author Dr. Thomas W. Young shows why this
Sherlock-Holmes-style reasoning does not work and, furthermore, how
it can-and has led-to wrongful convictions. Dr. Alan Moritz, one of
the early pioneers of forensic pathology in the United States,
warned his colleagues in the 1950's about making the Sherlock
Holmes error. Little did Moritz realize how widespread the problem
would eventually become, involving physicians in all other
specialties of medicine and not just forensic pathologists. Dr.
Young traces back how this situation evolved, looking back over the
history of forensic medicine, revealing the chilling degree to
which forensic experts fail us every day. While Dr. Young did not
want to be the one to write this book, he has felt compelled in the
interest of science and truth. This book is measured,
well-reasoned, accessible, insightful, and-above all-compelling. As
such, it is a must-read treatise for forensic doctors, forensic
practitioners and students, judges, lawyers adjudicating cases in
court, and anyone with an interest in forensic science.
With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States
military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe
within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular,
virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and
every bite of food have arrived in the war zone by airlift.
Transport aircrews have accompanied the troops from the beginning,
flying them in, supplying them, bringing them out for medical
treatment or rotations home, and in the most heart-breaking
missions, carrying them on their final journey back to grieving
relatives.This book tells the story of one Air National Guard
airlift wing as related by its members. The 167th Airlift Wing of
the West Virginia Air National Guard consisted of a squadron of 12
C-130 cargo planes, their crews, and all the supporting sections -
in all, more than 1,200 people. The author, a former Associated
Press reporter turned aviator, flew as an active member of that
unit and interviewed nearly 70 servicemen and women for this book.
Their stories include C-130 aircrews who dodged heat-seeking
missiles, mechanics who made combat repairs, flight nurses who
treated and transported the wounded, even two motor pool truck
drivers struck by a roadside bomb. The interviewees vividly
describe their day-to-day work in the war zone, revealing the inner
workings of a part of the military not usually well covered by the
news media.
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pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Forensic science is in crisis and at a cross-roads. Movies and
television dramas depict forensic heroes with high-tech tools and
dazzling intellects who-inside an hour, notwithstanding
commercials-piece together past-event puzzles from crime scenes and
autopsies. Likewise, Sherlock Holmes-the iconic fictional
detective, and the invention of forensic doctor Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle-is held up as a paragon of forensic and scientific
inspiration-does not "reason forward" as most people do, but
"reasons backwards." Put more plainly, rather than learning the
train of events and seeing whether the resultant clues match those
events, Holmes determines what happened in the past by looking at
the clues. Impressive and infallible as this technique appears to
be-it must be recognized that infallibility lies only in works of
fiction. Reasoning backward does not work in real life: reality is
far less tidy. In courtrooms everywhere, innocent people pay the
price of life imitating art, of science following detective
fiction. In particular, this book looks at the long and disastrous
shadow cast by that icon of deductive reasoning, Sherlock Holmes.
In The Sherlock Effect, author Dr. Thomas W. Young shows why this
Sherlock-Holmes-style reasoning does not work and, furthermore, how
it can-and has led-to wrongful convictions. Dr. Alan Moritz, one of
the early pioneers of forensic pathology in the United States,
warned his colleagues in the 1950's about making the Sherlock
Holmes error. Little did Moritz realize how widespread the problem
would eventually become, involving physicians in all other
specialties of medicine and not just forensic pathologists. Dr.
Young traces back how this situation evolved, looking back over the
history of forensic medicine, revealing the chilling degree to
which forensic experts fail us every day. While Dr. Young did not
want to be the one to write this book, he has felt compelled in the
interest of science and truth. This book is measured,
well-reasoned, accessible, insightful, and-above all-compelling. As
such, it is a must-read treatise for forensic doctors, forensic
practitioners and students, judges, lawyers adjudicating cases in
court, and anyone with an interest in forensic science.
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