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Figure 12.1
 
The profession of forensic science.
A sampling of organizations
committed to the ethical practice of criminalistics. (The CAC logo is a registered
service mark of the California Association of Criminalists and is used with
permission; use of the CAC logo does not imply endorsement of products or
services, or opinions expressed herein. The ABC, IAI, AFTE, ABFDE, and NWAFS
logos are used with permission; their use does not imply endorsement of products
or services, or opinions expressed herein. The AAFS was unable to consider our
request to use their logo because of a written policy that expressly precludes
outside use of any kind.)
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2.
Codes of Ethics for Forensic Science ........................................... 312
a.
Which Code? .......................................................................... 312
b.
Membership in the Profession .............................................. 314
c.
A Single Code of Ethics ......................................................... 315
3.
When Ethics Fail............................................................................ 316
a.
Unethical Prosecution Experts .............................................. 316
b.
Unethical Defense Experts..................................................... 317
D.
Summary ............................................................................................... 317
References ...................................................................................................... 321
If the law has made you a witness, remain a man of science, you have no 
victim to avenge, no guilty or innocent person to convict or save — you must 
bear testimony within the limits of science.