Are forensic experts biased? Scientist’s claims spark outrage | Science
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 376, Issue 6594.Download PDF
In February 2021, cognitive psychologist Itiel Dror set off a firestorm in the forensics community. In a paper, he suggested forensic pathologists were more likely to pronounce a child’s death a murder versus an accident if the victim was Black and brought to the hospital by the mother’s boyfriend than if they were white and brought in by the grandmother. It was the latest of…