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Urinalysis another example of forensic science with subjective results

The rate of positive results on urinalyses at the Bexar County probation department jumped fourfold after the private lab doing the tests changed their procedures in February, reports KSAT in San Antonio:On Monday, the president of the Central Texas Association of Public Employees and a Bexar County probation officer said the high numbers of positives were alarming."Confirmation has come back to the department and we're concerned about those, and also, a lot of defendants on their own have gone out and had hair follicle tests in other labs to confirm their suspicions," Sheri Simonelli said.Here's another great example of the subjectivity of forensic science. In this case, there exist no concrete standards for how to measure urinalysis results...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).