Critical Forensic Studies | Criminology & Criminal Justice

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging interdisciplinary field of critical forensic studies. It reviews existing research and scholarship on forensic science from a critical social science perspective while forging a blueprint for further work in this area. Forensic science has long captured the public imagination as evidenced by the popularity of many novels television programmes and true-crime podcasts. At the same time its role in the criminal justice system has been the subject of critique from scholars and practitioners in diverse fields. In response the international forensic science community has become more involved in the scrutiny of its own knowledge and pract…