01186nam a2200181   4500001000700000100004100007101000800048200016700056311000800223330052900231461009900760606003400859606003300893606001800926606002900944606000800973700002300981375737  a20150304u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aOf earprints, fingerprints, scent dogs, cot deaths and cognitive contaminationea brief look at the present state of play in the forensic arenafA. P. A. Broeders  a(*)  a1. Problems in assessing the weight of forensic evidence: some examples. 1.2. Semen in a rape case: ‘non-perpetrator trace’. 1.3. Fingerprints: ‘absolute identification’. 1.4. Scent lineup: ‘up in the air’. 1.5. Cot deaths and statistics. 1.6. Earprints versus DNA. 2. Forensic science under attack. 3. Forensic DNA analysis as a model. 4. Does forensic science qualify as science? 5. The traditional approach in forensic identification. 6. Rules of expert evidence. 7. Remedies. 8. Conclusion. Acknowledgements.  cAmsterdamdJune 2006vVol. 159, nr. 2-3tForensic Science Internationalx0379-0738pp. 148-157  aIDENTIFICAÇÃO BIOLÓGICA  aIDENTIFICAÇÃO DE PESSOAS  aDACTILOSCOPIA  aANÁLISE DE VESTÍGIOS  aADN  aBROEDERSbA. P. A.