Bowers C Michael
University of Southern California, Ostrow School of Dentistry, 2284 S. Victoria Ave., Suite 1-G, Ventura, CA, 93003, USA.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2019 Feb;61:34-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2018.11.001. Epub 2018 Nov 3.
The forensic sciences are a combination of laboratory procedures and physical comparisons of objects associated with victims, perpetrators, and crime scenes. The former is largely university-based protocols adopted by crime labs. The latter is predominantly pattern-matching tools originally developed by police examiners or experts deemed by courts to be relevant to forensic matters. These Court accepted experts bring their reasoning and conclusions into the legal arena. This subgroup of forensics has undergone significant scrutiny in regards to its history of exaggerated claims and weak scientific foundations. This paper addresses the rise and fall of bitemark pattern analysis (i.e. "matching" bitemarks in human flesh to human teeth) in the environment of opposing interests and agendas.
法医学是实验室程序与对与受害者、犯罪者及犯罪现场相关物品进行实物比对的结合。前者主要是犯罪实验室采用的基于大学的规程。后者主要是最初由警方鉴定人员或法院认定与法医事项相关的专家开发的模式匹配工具。这些被法院认可的专家将他们的推理和结论带入法律领域。这一法医学分支因其夸大其词的历史和薄弱的科学基础而受到了严格审查。本文探讨了在利益和议程相互对立的环境中咬痕模式分析（即把人肉上的咬痕与人类牙齿“匹配”）的兴衰。
