BRAIN FINGERPRINTING

摘要

Forensic science is a considerably valuable tool for police investigations, lawyers and judges. However, without sufficient review, validation, and standards, pseudoscience may emerge. On face value, something may appear scientific, yet before any approaches or techniques can be considered as science, there must be established reliability, peer review, general acceptance, clear standards, identifiable error rates, and applicability to the issues or matter at hand. Emerging techniques in forensic science are promising and important for the discipline, however, as governmental reports have highlighted, these techniques must be regulated and cautiously applied if commercialised. Brain Fingerprinting is just one example of why regulation of forensic science is important, an intriguing approach, yet not established science.