DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views

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Autor(a) principal: Costa, Susana
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/96878
https://doi.org/10.1177/13657127211070331
Resumo: Accepted Version
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spelling DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ viewsBiological evidenceCultural riftEpistemic culturesInquisitorialJudgesReady-made evidenceAccepted VersionFirst Published December 30, 2021The introduction of biological evidence in judicial settings raises particular modes of entanglement between professional cultures and perceptions of the probative value of evidence. When DNA evidence reaches court, it also challenges the perceived margins of critical assessment of the work and understandings of previous links in the chain of custody, like the criminal police, forensic experts and the public prosecution services. Given the apparent neutrality of judicial institutions, how do Portuguese judges perceive and value biological evidence? And how do judges see their articulation with other operators of the criminal justice system? An analysis of 14 interviews carried out with Portuguese judges reveals the challenges in the evaluation of biological evidence, which is characterised as a ‘safe haven’, grounded as it is on an indisputable scientific authority. The suggestion of the presence of a cultural rift emerges, which, taken with the work of other epistemic cultures, leads to biological evidence being seen as ‘ready-made evidence’ on its arrival in court, thus limiting the role of judges in its appraisal.SAGE2021info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/96878http://hdl.handle.net/10316/96878https://doi.org/10.1177/13657127211070331eng1365-71271740-5572https://doi.org/10.1177/13657127211070331Costa, Susanainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-05-25T06:34:00Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/96878Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:15:03.549888Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
title DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
spellingShingle DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
Costa, Susana
Biological evidence
Cultural rift
Epistemic cultures
Inquisitorial
Judges
Ready-made evidence
title_short DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
title_full DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
title_fullStr DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
title_full_unstemmed DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
title_sort DNA as ‘ready-made evidence’: An analysis of Portuguese judges’ views
author Costa, Susana
author_facet Costa, Susana
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Costa, Susana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Biological evidence
Cultural rift
Epistemic cultures
Inquisitorial
Judges
Ready-made evidence
topic Biological evidence
Cultural rift
Epistemic cultures
Inquisitorial
Judges
Ready-made evidence
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