Understanding DUI Scientific Evidence, 2014 ed.: Leading Lawyers and Scientists on Recent Developments in Forensic Science, Understanding Chemical and ... Validity of Test Results (Inside the Minds)

Understanding DUI Scientific Evidence is a scientific treatise for the forensic science practitioner, prosecutor, judge, and defense attorney providing relevant non-biased scientific information covering different aspects of DUI and DUID related cases.

Featuring leading DUI defense practitioners and scientists from across the country, this volume guides the reader through relevant and emerging forensic science related issues in DUI and DUID.

This year's edition covers imperative pre-analytical steps of calibration of instruments in two different chapters, as well as the inevitable human errors that undermine qualitative and quantitative results. It discusses aspects of breath testing science, blood testing by gas chromatography, and the pitfalls of hospital enzymatic testing and urine alcohol testing. The hot topic of medicinal cannabis is looked at from the perspective of a lawyer and former state scientist, as well as a respected neurologist. Sources of post-mortem ethanol concentration are also detailed, along with a scientific analysis of the Justin Bieber DUI prosecution. This volume is not simply a must have; it is a must read.

Chapters Include:

1. Justin J. McShane, JD, F-AIC, and Stephanie E. Hooper Marosek, PhD - "Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Best Practices for Calibration of Pipettes"
2. Heather L. Harris, MFS, JD, D-ABC - "The Fundamentals of Calibration"
3. Valerie Valentine Acevedo, DO, and Ronald L. Moore, JD - "Medicinal Cannabis and the Law"
4. Justin J. McShane, JD, F-AIC, and Stephanie E. Hooper Marosek, PhD - "The Lack of Legal and Forensic Suitability of Enzymatic Assay for Blood Alcohol Concentration in Prosecution of Alleged Drunk Drivers"
5. Carrie R. Valentine, BA, PhD, and Jimmie L. Valentine, BS, BS, MS, PhD - "Sources of Falsely-Elevated Post-Mortem Ethanol Concentration"
6. Katherine Kennedy, JD, and Justin J. McShane, JD, F-AIC - "A Basic Overview of Headspace Gas Chromatography"
7. Michael P. Hlastala, PhD, and Joseph C. Anderson, PhD - "Using Alcohol Breath Test Science to Your Client's Advantage"
8. Charles A. Ramsay, JD, and Daniel J. Koewler, JD - "Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Lingering Presence of Urine Alcohol Testing"
9. Justin J. McShane, JD, F-AIC, and Katherine Kennedy, JD - "The Justin Bieber DUI Case: A Scientific Analysis"
10. Mark D. DuBiel, JD - "Lessons from State v. Herman et al.: When Software Errors, Human Errors, and Ignorance of Minimum Scientific Standards Provide the Basis for a Daubert Challenge"