Bias based on validating previous ideas
What is confirmation bias?
An ethical theory that judges the rightness/wrongness based on the consequences, emphasizing that the best action is the one that produces the best consequence.
What is consequentialism?
The primary ethical obligations of forensic scientists
What is to remain objective and serve the court?
Disc assessment
What is dominance, influence, steadiness, and conscientiousness?
The year the False Claims Act was enacted
When was 1863?
ias based on information like names/locations
What is contextual bias?
A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group
What is groupthink?
evidence that excludes someone from guilt
one huge management system that allows communications between parties on multiple aspects of evidence analysis - when, who, how, where, …
What is LIMS?
The national academy of science releases a report on forensic scientists with ethical recommendations to have
When was 2009?
occurs when you are focused on one piece of evidence that could convict someone, and you forget about all the other evidence
What is focalism?
Values that are innate, from birth, regardless of your understanding, and because it's a knowable things, these values should universally govern human behavior
Evidence that could impact the credibility of the witness testimony that could determine guilt/innocence must be disclosed
What is giglio material/impeachable evidence?
PTC
What is permission to consume?
Not fully analyzing evidence and coming to conclusions without fully testing
What is dry labbing?
affair example - the craving blinded you to everything else, you made it so meaningful and big, we don't realize how short lived the joy is from the action
What is impact bias?
Virtue ethics
Deontology
Teleontology
Pragmatism
What are the 4 categories of normative ethics?
Pay based on results
What is a contingency fee?
FOIA
What is the freedom of information act? - allows any person to request access to federal agency records
Believing the cause and good that comes from an outcome outweighs possible illegal activity
What is noble cause corruption?
Systematic error in thinking that affects how we process information, perceive others, and make decisions.
What is cognitive bias?
Values are defined depending on the environment and relative to our experiences
What is relativism?
Post-conviction process
What is a collateral attack?
These methods help prevent bias in forensics
not an acronym sorry
What is Blind verification and sequential unmasking?
Ensures the integrity of evidence from collection to court