Citation

Costa S, Santos F. Sci. Justice 2019; 59(5): 471-479.

Affiliation

Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Colégio de S. Jerónimo, Largo D. Dinis, Apartado 3087, 3000-995 Coimbra, Portugal. Electronic address: filipesantos@ces.uc.pt.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Forensic Science Society, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.scijus.2019.06.003

PMID

31472791

Abstract

Highlights
• Analysis of the proceedings of a homicide case in Portugal

• Examination of the construction of evidence according to epistemic culture

• Judicial sub-cultures are highlighted by their distinct understandings of forensics.

• Narratives biases the assessment of evidence with prejudice to justice.

Language: en